JIN DYNASTY, LATE 12TH-FIRST HALF 13TH CENTURY

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A RUSSET-DECORATED BLACKWARE OVOID BOTTLE, XIAOKOU PING
Jin dynasty, late 12th-first half 13th century
Of Cizhou type, the high shoulder encircled by two narrow grooves and freely painted in russet with two graceful birds reserved against the blackish-brown glaze that continues over the double-ringed mouth rim and falls to the edge of the unglazed foot, the base also covered with a blackish-brown glaze
8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar bottle is illustrated by R. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996, pp. 161-62, no. 53, where the author describes small-mouthed bottles of this type and particular shape as appearing late in the Jin dynasty and continuing into the Yuan. He further proposes that they were used for wine and other liquids.

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