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Can anyone identify the kiln responsible for its creation? I would guess Cizhou, Jizhou or possibly Yaozhou but it could also be from a less known 'provincial' kiln. If its oilspot glaze it could possibly be quite valuable.
Wouldn't they say if it was oil spot? It could be just an effect of the glaze on the body, maybe it is thinner there?
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The vase was sold at an online auction yesterday. I was hoping to snap it for a bargain but didn't get it. (The price it sold for in the end can still be considered a bargain though.)
I can't say for certain if the vase is authentic or not but in this situation I could see that some of the other material available from the source is almost certainly authentic so the vase could also likely be real.
It was described as black glaze only but it look like the glaze could have a weak oilspot effect.
This Han dynasty calcified jade belt hook for example I can see is almost certainly authentic. I had put a small bid on it but forgot about it as the auction closed so it sold for very little in the end.
Just checked and found out that I actually did get the winning bid of the belt hook . I'm surprised. It's the auction system that is confusing. But this is an example of authentic archaic jade purchased for a bargain. It's not so valuable however. Normally its against my politic to show my own pieces but here I'll make an exception since I've already posted it.
Congratulations - and it is nice to see something of yours. However, I can't comment on it as I know nothing about these, not even how big they are. I guess quite small.
I have noticed over the past year or so that some oil spot black wares of a larger than usual variety (mostly vases) have shown up in both major & minor auctions across the world. Historically, oil spot black ware examples have been typically been limited to tea bowls in my research.
To quote from “Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Chinese Brown and Black-Glazed Ceramics “ by Robert Mowry.
”The best-known Cizhou-type oil-spot glazes were produced at kilns near Huairen, in northern Shanxi province, and in Zibo, in central Shandong province.”
”Pieces from Zibo…seldom have slip coatings over their exposed body clay, which typically displays a yellowish buff skin…their oil spots appear to be within the glaze, rather than on the surface.”
Mowry also states that these black Cizhou-type products fell out of favor and mostly ceased production by the beginning of the Yuan dynasty. Ming and Ching collectors paid little attention to these humble wares.
So in my opinion, one of two things happened in the past 30 years or so. Chinese infrastructure development exposed buried examples of oil-spot wares in previously unknown shapes or contemporary Chinese potters trying to reproduce the classic oil-spot Song tea bowls started applying the newly perfected glaze technique to additional shapes that would have never happened in Song/Jin times.
Thank you for your replies. It is unclear if the vase is actually oil spot or not but oil spot vases from early periods are known. Like this example from Sotheby's dated to Jin dynasty. It is noted in the lot essay that oil spot vases are very rare. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/important-chinese-art-2/a-rare-black-glazed-oil-spot-vase-jin-dynasty
An example at Minneapolis Museum of Art is also mentioned for reference. That one can be seen online. And the glaze actually compares very well with the vase I posted; the spots being minute and pale and the oil spot effect being weak. No picture of the base but it seems to have a brown coating or slip. It is described as Jizhou ware. https://alaintruong2014.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/cizhou-pear-shaped-bottle-12th-century-northern-song-jin-dynasty/
EDIT: The vase at Minneapolis Institute (not museum) of Arts is described as Cizhou ware - not Jizhou ware.
I've also come across this black glazed vase also described as Cizhou ware and with a floral decoration made with brown slip. https://www.alamy.com/pear-shaped-bottle-12801325-china-cizhou-ware-stoneware-with-dark-brown-glaze-and-floral-decoration-in-iron-brown-slip-image337970012.html
So after doing this research I think the vase most likely is Cizhou ware. The 'yuhuchunping' pear shape is highly desireble and in this case particularly well proportioned with the fat belly and thus the vase could be quite valuable even if it's just 'black glazed'. If it's 'oil spot' it could possibly have significant value - in the $100,000 - $150,000 range - as the estimate/lot essay of the vase at Sotheby's suggests. And I was letting it slip through ...
Just adding an additional picture of the base of the pear-vase. It actually doesn't appear to have a brown slip. It's the iron based glaze thinning thus revealing the brown color. Still it's likely a product of the Cizhou kiln
This Han calcified jade bi just sold for less than $100. 16,5 cm. across - different source. I had completely forgotten about it. But from the same seller I took the winning bid of a Yuan celadon with a potential value of up to $500,000 - no less! Price paid approximately the same as the black-glazed pear-vase sold for. It can be done!
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