WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

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A LARGE ASH-GLAZED JAR, HU
Warring States period (475-221 BC)
The large globular body with a cylindrical neck and a flaring mouth, the broad shoulder applied with three concentric rope-twist ridges and two loop-handles suspending fixed rings, the neck combed with a wavy band, the glaze variously olive-green modulating to orange-brown, section of rim polished
18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm.) high

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THE RESULT OF OXFORD THERMOLUMINESCENCE TEST no. P101x34 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DATING OF THIS LOT

Lot Essay

For a group of very similar Han jars, compare Mary Tregear, Catalogue of Chinese Greenwares in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Oxford, 1976, plates 9-12. Compare also the similar example illustrated in The Royal Ontario Museum The T.T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art, Toronto, 1996, fig. 41.

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