A 'CIZHOU' 'JULUXIAN' VASE NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY |

of baluster form, the ovoid body sweeping to a tall flared neck and rolled rim, the exterior covered in a thin layer of creamy-white slip beneath an ivory tinted translucent glaze suffused with a fine pale russet craquelure, the glaze continuing inside the rim and stopping unevenly above the foot exposing the grayish-buff colored body

Collection of Russell M. Tyson (1867-1963).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in 1946 (acc. no. 1946.939).

The vase is in good overall condition. There is wear to the surface, some glaze discoloration and scattered glaze flaws particularly around the rim.
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A nearly identical vase, formerly in the Toguri Museum of Art, Tokyo, was sold in our London rooms, 9th June 2004 lot 56 and again, as part of the Linyushanren Collection at Christie's New York, 22nd March 2018, lot 512.