A PAIR OF VERY RARE JIZHOU 'GURI'-STYLE PEAR-SHAPED VASES
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF VERY RARE JIZHOU 'GURI'-STYLE PEAR-SHAPED VASES SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY Each pear-shaped vase has a bow-string band on the shoulder below the tapering neck, which rises to an everted foliate mouth rim. The exterior is decorated with an allover design of alternating scroll-filled heart-shaped 'guri' pattern, reserved in a variegated golden opalescence against the matte, dark brown glaze ending on the ring foot. The interior of the mouth is diagonally striped. 9 in. (23cm.) high, box (2)
A PAIR OF VERY RARE JIZHOU 'GURI'-STYLE PEAR-SHAPED VASES
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF VERY RARE JIZHOU 'GURI'-STYLE PEAR-SHAPED VASES SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY Each pear-shaped vase has a bow-string band on the shoulder below the tapering neck, which rises to an everted foliate mouth rim. The exterior is decorated with an allover design of alternating scroll-filled heart-shaped 'guri' pattern, reserved in a variegated golden opalescence against the matte, dark brown glaze ending on the ring foot. The interior of the mouth is diagonally striped. 9 in. (23cm.) high, box (2)
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