Details
A SMALL BLACKENED JADE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL
SONG DYNASTY
Of compressed zun form, the sides carved in shallow relief with two pairs of confronted dragons contained within keyfret borders, below four raised keyfret-incised flanges which divide the shoulder and interrupt a band of dots above, the widely flared neck encircled by two bowstring bands and carved on the interior with three grooved lines, intentionally altered to a blackish color with areas of the pale gray stone showing through, minor rim chips--3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long
SONG DYNASTY
Of compressed zun form, the sides carved in shallow relief with two pairs of confronted dragons contained within keyfret borders, below four raised keyfret-incised flanges which divide the shoulder and interrupt a band of dots above, the widely flared neck encircled by two bowstring bands and carved on the interior with three grooved lines, intentionally altered to a blackish color with areas of the pale gray stone showing through, minor rim chips--3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long
Provenance
Desmond Gure Collection, no. 197
Exhibited
London, Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, June 16-July 23, 1960, no. 289
Stockholm, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Chinese Jades, 1963
Stockholm, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Chinese Jades, 1963