Northern Song/Jin Dynasty|The compressed globular body raised on a short and slightly spreading foot, the body carved with four large peony blossoms borne on leafy scrolling foliage, reserved on a dense ring-punched ground, the wide shoulder similarly decorated with floral scrolls, beneath a cylindrical neck flanked by a short spout and strap handle, fitted box. 16.3cm (6 3.8in) high (2).|北宋/金 磁州窯白釉珍珠地刻牡丹執壺Provenance: Susan Chen collection, no.132The Sze Yuan Tang collection, acquired in Hong Kong circa 1980s-1990s來源： 陳淑貞收藏，藏品132號思源堂收藏，於約1980至1990年代購自香港Compare with a related Cizhou white-glazed ewer, Northern Song dynasty in the Tokyo National Museum, of similar form with a slender cylindrical neck and strap handle but carved through the white slip with floral decoration, illustrated in Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum: Chinese Ceramics II, Tokyo, 1990, p.189, no.Hoyi2. Another related Cizhou carved vase, meiping, Song dynasty, in the Laiyantang collection, carved with a similar ring-punched ground but decorated with chrysanthemums, is illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Laiyantang Collection, 2010, p.76, no.29.The result of C-Link Research & Development Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.129YL05 dated 3 November 2010, is consistent with the dating of this lot.