A WHITE-GLAZED LOBED GLOBULAR JAR

FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD (907-960)

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A WHITE-GLAZED LOBED GLOBULAR JAR
FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD (907-960)
The slightly compressed body is divided into lobes by five vertical indentations below the lipped rim, and is covered inside and out with a glaze of chalky-white color that falls in an irregular line above the foot to expose the fine white ware. There are faint traces of a character written in black on the unglazed base.
4¾ in. (12 cm.) across

Provenance

J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2003.

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Lot Essay

White-glazed porcelains of this early type were made at kilns around Dingzhou and at other locations in the Northern Chinese provinces of Hebei and Henan, from the end of the Tang dynasty through the Five Dynasties period.

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