Lot 56
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A SMALL YUEYAO JAR

Details
A SMALL YUEYAO JAR
3RD/4TH CENTURY

The compressed, well-potted body molded in relief with three decorative motifs of a rider seated astride a mythical beast, set atop bands of circles, impressed diaper and grooves, all below a band of birds and a dogtooth border impressed on the high shoulder below the short neck and widely flared mouth rim, the whole raised on a spreading foot, covered inside and out with a glaze of deep, grayish olive color which also covers the interior of the concave foot (hairline rim cracks, some glaze flaking on rim)
3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

A similar equestrian applique can be seen on a jar illustrated by Mitsuru Urgami in Animal Farm in Yue Ware, Tokyo, 1992, no. 49. See, also, a similar jar in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1982, p. 227, no. 226