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    RARE CIZHOU SGRAFFIATTO JAR AT CHRISTIE’S ASIAN WEEK SALES IN NEW YORK

    Saturday, September 1st, 2018

    This very rare large Cizhou sgraffiatto jar dates from the Jin Dynasty (1154-1234) and will feature at a series of auctions at Christie’s to mark Asian Art Week in New York from September 7-14.   It is the top lot in the sale of Masterpieces of Cizhou Ware: the Linyushanren Collection Part IV on September 13.

    The sale will focus on the wide array of ceramics made in the Cizhou kiln from the Northern Song (960-1127) to the Yuan dynasties (14th- 15th century). There are 40 works assembed by a distinguished Japanese collector.   The Linyushanren Collection was formed with a focus on ceramics created mainly during the Song dynasty (AD 960-1279).

    The jar pictured here is accompanied by a Japanese double wood box inscribed by the scholar Fujio Koyama (1900-1975)  and is estimated at $100,000-150,000.  Asian Art Week sales at Christie’s will feature eight auctions and over 900 lots ranging from Chinese archaic bronzes to contemporary Indian painting.