A Large Yueyao Jar
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A Large Yueyao Jar

FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY

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A Large Yueyao Jar
Five Dynasties period, 10th century
Of well-potted, ovoid form, the sides tapering to the flat base, the shoulder applied with two pairs of loop handles separated by two upright, pierced, rectangular flanges below the short cylindrical neck, covered with a glaze of pale olive tone
15in. (38cm.) tall

拍品專文

Compare a similar jar with cover excavated from the Liao tomb of Yelu Yuzhi at Ar Horqin Banner in Chefeng City, Inner Mongolia, illustrated in Gems of China's Cultural Relics, 1993, no. 20; and another similar jar without cover dated to the Five Dynasties period illustrated in Masterpieces of Oriental Ceramics, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1999, pl. 12.