Lot Essay
For a discussion on the technique involved in glazing vessels of this type, please see the footnote to lot 196.
Similar phosphatic-glazed jars include the example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 31 - Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 210, no. 195; the jar illustrated by d'Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1967, p. 49, pl. XIX, fig. B; the example illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Early Wares: Prehistoric to Tenth Century, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, 1, Taipei, 1991, no. 95; and another illustrated in Selected Masterpieces of Oriental Ceramics, The Matsuoka Museum of Art, Japan, 1984, no. 14.
Similar phosphatic-glazed jars include the example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 31 - Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 210, no. 195; the jar illustrated by d'Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1967, p. 49, pl. XIX, fig. B; the example illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Early Wares: Prehistoric to Tenth Century, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, 1, Taipei, 1991, no. 95; and another illustrated in Selected Masterpieces of Oriental Ceramics, The Matsuoka Museum of Art, Japan, 1984, no. 14.