Lot Essay
A similar stoneware covered jar was included in the exhibition, Early Chinese ceramics and works of art, Eskenazi, London, 1974, pl. 14, where a reference is made to the Falk jar.
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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Details
A White Stoneware Jar and Cover
Tang dynasty (618-907)
The heavily potted guan jar with short waisted neck and everted rim covered with white slip and a finely crackled transparent glaze falling to the beveled edge of the flat base, the slightly conical cover with everted rim and bud-shaped knop similarly glazed
12in. (30.5cm.) high
Falk Collection no. 43.
Tang dynasty (618-907)
The heavily potted guan jar with short waisted neck and everted rim covered with white slip and a finely crackled transparent glaze falling to the beveled edge of the flat base, the slightly conical cover with everted rim and bud-shaped knop similarly glazed
12in. (30.5cm.) high
Falk Collection no. 43.
Provenance
Mathias Komor, New York, June 1948.
Exhibited
Selections of Chinese Art from Private Collections in the Metropolitan Area, New York, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1966-1967, no. 35.
One Hundred: A Centennial Exhibition, Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art, 1975, 83b.
One Hundred: A Centennial Exhibition, Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art, 1975, 83b.