Lot Essay
Compare the two similar jars, described as spittoons, and dated to the Southern Dynasties, illustrated by Zhang Bai in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, vol. 9, Beijing, 2008, no. 90.
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CHINA, 6TH CENTURY
Details
A YUEYAO COMPRESSED JAR
CHINA, 6TH CENTURY
With compressed body and short, waisted neck rising to the wide, upright mouth rim, covered inside and out with a crackled greyish-green glaze
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high, box
CHINA, 6TH CENTURY
With compressed body and short, waisted neck rising to the wide, upright mouth rim, covered inside and out with a crackled greyish-green glaze
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high, box
Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1987.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Gemma Sudlow
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