A PAINTED CIZHOU 'DOUBLE FISH' BASIN, SONG-YUANChina, 960-1368. The gently grooved and rounded sides rising from the circular recessed base to a slightly everted rim, covered overall with a creamy white glaze and boldly painted in brown with two carp swimming amid stylized aquatic plants, the white glaze intentionally burnt to orange towards the lower half of the bowl to indicate deep waters.Provenance: From the Collection of Major Geoffrey Frank Jackson (1922-2018). Major Jackson served in the 3rd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles at Jhikar gacha Ghat and subsequently for the Chindit Operations in Burma. In March 1946 he returned to Singapore and was transferred to Malay Command HQ.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, firing flaws, the interior and exterior of the rim with chipping and associated hairlines.Weight: 3,280 gDimensions: Height 15.4 cm, Diameter 26.5 cmLiterature comparison: Compare with a leaf-shaped Cizhou pillow painted with two fish amidst waterweed in the Yamato Bunkakan, illustrated in So Gen no Bijutsu, pl. 24, and again in the Venice exhibition Mostra d'Arte Cinese, illustrated in the catalog, 1954, no. 950.Auction result comparison: A painted Cizhou bowl of slightly smaller size, with related carps, was sold by Christie's New York in The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: The Linyushanren Collection, Part II on 15 September 2016, lot 710, for USD 785,000. A pair of painted Cizhou fish dishes was sold by Sotheby's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 20 March 2012, lot 32, for USD 8,125.宋元磁州窯雙魚盆中國,960-1368年。盆底内凹,盆呈上寬下窄,盆表面覆蓋著乳白色釉,並大膽地用褐色描繪一對水中游魚,盆下部位燃燒成橙色表示深水。來源: Geoffrey Frank Jackson少校 (1922-2018) 收藏。Jackson少校在在Jhikar gacha Ghat的第3營第9隊步槍營服役,隨後在緬甸的欽迪特行動服役。於1946年三月他回至新加坡,轉移至馬來亞司令部。圖片: Geoffrey Frank Jackson 少校(1922-2018)品相: 狀況良好,有輕微磨損,燒制缺陷,盆內外都有碎裂和相應的細裂縫。重量: 3,280 克尺寸: 高 15.4 厘米,直徑 26.5 厘米拍賣結果比較: 一個相近但尺寸稍小的盆見紐約佳士得The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: The Linyushanren Collection, Part II 拍場,2016年9月15日,lot 710,售價 USD 785,000; 一對磁州窯魚紋盤見紐約蘇富比Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art 拍場,2012年3月20日,lot 32, 售價USD 8,125。