A CIZHOU 'FLORAL' SGRAFFIATO VASE, YUHUCHUNPING, JIN DYNASTY 金代磁州窯白釉剔刻花卉紋玉壺春瓶China, 1115-1234. Rising from a short, splayed foot to a long trumped neck, the pear-shaped body is carved through the white slip to the pale beige-grey ground with a wide and narrow band of boldly incised floral scroll beneath the shoulder, separated and framed by thin lines.Provenance: New York trade. Condition: Very good condition with some old wear and firing flaws, including firing cracks, dark spots, glaze recesses and flakes, minuscule chips to the foot.Weight: 1,478 g Dimensions: Height 29.1 cmLiterature comparison:Cizhou sgraffiato vases of this yuhuchunping shape with the decoration carved through a white slip rather than a dark brown glaze appear to be quite rare. Compare a vase, also with the decoration arranged in bands around the body and neck, illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, no. 197.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 2 October 2017, lot 77Price: HKD 87,500 or approx. EUR 12,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Cizhou Sgraffiato white-glazed 'floral' pear-shaped vase, Yuhuchunping, Jin dynasty (1115-1234)Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, motif, glaze, incision work and size (32.3 cm)金代磁州窯白釉剔刻花卉紋玉壺春瓶中國，1115-1234年。撇口、細頸、垂腹、圈足，變化柔和的弧線。胎質灰褐，施白化妝土，紋飾部位則剔去白色化妝土，留下灰褐色的底色，描繪出花卉紋，紋飾簡潔，刀工流暢，釉質瑩潤。 來源：紐約古玩交易。 品相：狀況極好，有舊磨損、燒製缺陷，包括燒製裂紋、黑點、釉面凹陷和足部的微小磕損。 重量：1,478 克 尺寸：高29.1 厘米 文獻比較： 這種磁州窯玉壺春瓶，其裝飾由白滑石而不是深棕色釉來雕刻的，似乎相當罕見。比較一件玉壺春瓶，頸部和腹部都刻有帶狀裝飾，見《關氏所藏宋代陶瓷》，香港藝術博物館，1994年，編號197。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：香港佳士得，2017年10月2日，lot 77 價格：HKD 87,500（相當於今日EUR 12,000） 描述：金代磁州窯白釉刻花卉紋玉壺春瓶 專家評論：比較非常相近的外型、形制、釉面、雕刻和尺寸(32.3厘米)。