A Large Phosphatic-Glazed Stoneware Ovoid Jar

TANG DYNASTY

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A Large Phosphatic-Glazed Stoneware Ovoid Jar
Tang Dynasty
The heavily potted body raised on a flat base, partially covered with a dark olive-brown glaze with milky pale blue and white splashes on the lipped rim, waisted neck and shoulder draining in long tears down the sides above where the glaze ends in an irregular line to expose the ware burnt dark reddish-brown in the firing
17¼ (43.8cm.) high

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The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.P100f67 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

Lot Essay

For a jar of similar form, but smaller size and with a cover, see the example from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, illustrated by R. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Harvard University, 1996, no. 11, where the author ascribes it to the Huangdao kiln, Jia county, Henan province and dates it to the 8th-9th century.

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