AN UNUSUAL CIZHOU-TYPE SGRAFFITO VASE

AN UNUSUAL CIZHOU-TYPE SGRAFFITO VASE

LIAO DYNASTY (AD 907-1125)

The high-shouldered vase is carved around the sides through the cream slip to the pale grey body with two large, leafy peony blossoms, beneath a band of petals around the shoulder at the base of the slender ribbed neck, all under a clear glaze.

14 1/8 in. (35.8 cm.) high