Lot 100
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AN UNUSUAL BLUE-SPLASHED POTTERY JAR AND COVER
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AN UNUSUAL BLUE-SPLASHED POTTERY JAR AND COVER

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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AN UNUSUAL BLUE-SPLASHED POTTERY JAR AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Of globular form with a waisted neck and lipped rim, the body covered with a cream glaze splashed in blue falling in streaks towards where the glaze ends on the lower body exposing the fine, pale ware, the slightly domed cover with bud finial similarly decorated
6¾ in. (17.3 cm.) wide
Provenance
Elizabeth Gibson Holahan.
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Lot Essay

For a similar example, see Mayuyama 70 Years, vol. 1, no.265; also see R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.II, no.259
A similar example but lacking the original cover, was sold in these Rooms, 26 June 1972, lot 4.

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