Lot Essay
Compare a similarly glazed and proportioned jar and cover illustrated by A. Leth, Catalogue of Selected Objects of Chinese Art in the Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1959, no. 68.
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PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
A GREEN AND AMBER SPLASH-GLAZED POTTERY JAR AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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A GREEN AND AMBER SPLASH-GLAZED POTTERY JAR AND COVER
Tang dynasty (618-907)
The high-shouldered body decorated in green and amber-splashed glazes beginning just below the amber-glazed neck and falling in an irregular line atop a white slip which stops above the slightly flared foot and flat base to expose the buff ware, the everted rim and domed cover with amber knop finial similarly splash-glazed
9 3/8in. (23.8cm.) high, box
Tang dynasty (618-907)
The high-shouldered body decorated in green and amber-splashed glazes beginning just below the amber-glazed neck and falling in an irregular line atop a white slip which stops above the slightly flared foot and flat base to expose the buff ware, the everted rim and domed cover with amber knop finial similarly splash-glazed
9 3/8in. (23.8cm.) high, box