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Lot Essay
It is very rare to see a Sui dynasty white ware of this form and size, as this type is more typically found in cups and smaller jars.
A similarly shaped white-glazed jar with a wider mouth from Sui dynasty is preserved in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2016, p. 64, no.58 (fig. 1). A close related meiping from Tang dynasty with a more exaggerated lower body and smaller lipped mouth, is preserved in Beijing Palace Museum, collection number xin-00136908.
Compare to two white-glazed meiping of Sui dynasty, one was sold at Tokyo Chuo Auction, 10 September 2022, lot 481, and another was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2024, lot 2848 (fig. 2). Compare also to a Sui dynasty white-glazed jar and cover with a taller and slender body, formerly in the collection of J. J. Lally & Co., was sold at Bonhams New York, 20 March 2023, lot 10.
A similarly shaped white-glazed jar with a wider mouth from Sui dynasty is preserved in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2016, p. 64, no.58 (fig. 1). A close related meiping from Tang dynasty with a more exaggerated lower body and smaller lipped mouth, is preserved in Beijing Palace Museum, collection number xin-00136908.
Compare to two white-glazed meiping of Sui dynasty, one was sold at Tokyo Chuo Auction, 10 September 2022, lot 481, and another was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2024, lot 2848 (fig. 2). Compare also to a Sui dynasty white-glazed jar and cover with a taller and slender body, formerly in the collection of J. J. Lally & Co., was sold at Bonhams New York, 20 March 2023, lot 10.