A RARE IMPRESSED GRAY POTTERY BOWL

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A RARE IMPRESSED GRAY POTTERY BOWL
WARRING STATES

The thinly potted, globular body impressed with an allover mesh pattern ending in a line above the countersunk base and just short of the thin, upright mouth rim, the curved strap handle rising above the shoulder at one side applied at the tip with a bird peering down at the miniature animal applied on the shoulder opposite above a small projecting tab suspending a loose, gray pottery ring--9in. (23cm.) across

Lot Essay

Very thinly potted jars of this type with impressed fabric patterns have been found in Warring States burials in Zhejiang province, as at Lizhu and in the area of Shanghai. A nearly globular impressed jar with a curved handle on one side was found at Qijiadun, Jinshanxian, Shanghai municipality. See Kaogu, 1973:1, pl. IV:1. Refer, also, to a jar in a private collection in Japan, Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Neolithic to the Western Han, Tokyo, 1991, p. 62 (top)