A Large Olive-Glazed Proto-Porcelain Globular Jar

WARRING STATES PERIOD

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A Large Olive-Glazed Proto-Porcelain Globular Jar
Warring States Period
The sides encircled by a wide band of crisply cut, narrow, vertical flutes, a second narrower band on the shoulder interrupted by two panels of impressed spirals applied with loops suspending loose ring handles, all below a shallow, slightly inward-curving neck, the thin irregularly mottled olive glaze on the upper body continuing over the mouth rim
13in. (33cm.) across

Lot Essay

Compare the similar jar included in the Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary exhibition, Selected Treasures of Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 30 November 1990 - 10 February 1991, no. 78, and sold in these rooms, 18 September 1997, lot 123, Jingguantang Collection III.

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