拍品 168
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A RARE YUEYAO ANIMAL-FORM JAR
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A RARE YUEYAO ANIMAL-FORM JAR

WESTERN JIN DYNASTY (265-317)

细节
A RARE YUEYAO ANIMAL-FORM JAR
WESTERN JIN DYNASTY (265-317)
The pear-shaped jar modelled as a mythical beast, shown with bared teeth, flat nose and bulging eyes and seated on its haunches, with forelegs raised and rear legs bent, the jar flanked by two pairs of loop handles beneath the galleried rim, covered overall with a glaze of greyish olive-green tone accented with touches of brown
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

拍品专文

Compare the larger Yueyao jar (27.9 cm. high) similarly modelled as a beast seated on its haunches in the Nanjing Municipal Museum that was excavated in 1976 from a Western Jin tomb dated to 302 in Zhoumudun, Yixing, Jiangsu province, illustrated by Wang Qingzheng, A Dictionary of Chinese Ceramics, Singapore, 2002, p. 34. See, also, the related jar of slightly larger size (10.8 cm. high) modelled as a similar beast, but with a short cylindrical mouth, included in the exhibition catalogue, Ancient Chinese bronzes and ceramics, Eskenazi, London, 23 March-3 April 1999, no. 10.