A RARE IMPRESSED GRAY POTTERY BOWL

EARLY POTTERY FIGURES AND WARES

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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--9 in. (23cm.) across

拍品專文

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, no. 1, pl. IV:1. Refer, also a jar in a private collection in Japan, Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Neolithic to the Western Han, Tokyo, Uragami Sokyu-do, 1991, p. 62, top