AN OLIVE-GREEN-GLAZED PROTO-PORCELAIN PIERCED VASE

WARRING STATES PERIOD

Details

AN OLIVE-GREEN-GLAZED PROTO-PORCELAIN PIERCED VASE
Warring States Period
Of globular bottle form, the thickly potted sides pierced with three rows of crisply cut elongated triangles separated by thick raised bands, the lower body and slightly flaring neck left plain, covered with a mottled olive glaze which continues over the canted rim into the interior
18in. (47cm.) high

Sale room notice

Please note that the correct estimate for this lot is $25,000-30,000.

Lot Essay

The pattern of pierced, elongated triangles on the this vase can be compared to the decoration on an unglazed earthenware boshanlu dated to the early Western Han period, illustrated by R. Castile, in 'The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection', Orientations, January 1987, p. 26, and also to that on another boshanlu of the same period, but glazed, illustrated by W. Willets, Foundations of Chinese Art, London, 1965, p. 277, no. 154.

Compare, also, the very similar vase from the Jingguantang Collection, Part II, sold in these rooms, 20 March 1997, lot 48.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. P199e18 is consistent with the dating of this lot.