Lot 253
253
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A CIZHOU PAINTED STONEWARE GLOBULAR JAR

Details
A CIZHOU PAINTED STONEWARE GLOBULAR JAR
SONG DYNASTY

Painted in dark brown on a cream slip with three feathery foliate sprays, under a clear glaze stopping short on the body to expose the gradated slip and the fine-grained buff body, the mouth rim wiped clean, interior also painted with areas of cream slip and brown under a clear glaze, footrim chips
4in. (10cm.) high
Further details
See illustration with lot 249

Lot Essay

A similar jar is illustrated by Michael Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, no. 56a; and another is in the Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue, London, 1926, vol. III, pl. XLIX, no. C274