Lot 778
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AN EARLY YUEYAO-TYPE RETICULATED VESSEL
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AN EARLY YUEYAO-TYPE RETICULATED VESSEL

CHINA, THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD (AD 220-265)

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AN EARLY YUEYAO-TYPE RETICULATED VESSEL
CHINA, THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD (AD 220-265)
The body pierced with five rows of circles, those in the upper row between linear borders where two herringbone-incised strap handles are applied, covered inside and out with a thin glaze of grey-green color ending above the similarly pierced, flat base
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diameter, box
Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1989.
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Lot Essay

See the perforated vessel of similar form, but raised on a spreading foot, and with arched handles, which is in the Ma'anshan Office for Management of Cultural Relics, and illustrated by Zhang Bai in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, vol. 8, Beijing, 2008, no. 12, where it is described as a censer, and dated to Three Kingdoms, Wu Kingdom (AD 220-280).

Oxford thermoluminescence test no. P114n75 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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