Detail: The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection of Chinese Ceramics has been quietly and judiciously assembled over the last fifty years, purchased from many of the world’s finest dealers and auctions, with an eye for artistic beauty and excellent quality. Several of the works have illustrious early 20 th century provenance, including Cunliffe, Hellner, Bernat, Falk, Yamanaka, Eskenazi, and Lally.

The fifty-six pieces offered span one thousand years from the 4th through 14th centuries, and include concentrations in white and sancai Tang Dynasty earthen wares, as well as Yue, Yaozhou, Ding, Qingbai, Jun, and Cizhou type wares, with black and brown kilns from Northern and Southern China represented.