Lot Essay
The spontaneous and fluid painting of phoenixes in flight on this jar can also be seen on an example of similar size and shape, illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. I, p.198, no. 594.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A Russet-Painted Blackish-Brown-Glazed Jar
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
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A Russet-Painted Blackish-Brown-Glazed Jar
Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
The tapering body covered overall with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze fluidly painted in russet brown with three phoenixes in flight, their graceful heads, wings and tail feathers executed in quick brushstrokes, the base also glazed
7 3/8in. (18.8cm.) across, box
Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
The tapering body covered overall with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze fluidly painted in russet brown with three phoenixes in flight, their graceful heads, wings and tail feathers executed in quick brushstrokes, the base also glazed
7 3/8in. (18.8cm.) across, box