Lot 812
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A RARE BLACK POTTERY OVOID VASE
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A RARE BLACK POTTERY OVOID VASE

CHINA, LIAO DYNASTY (AD 907-1125)

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A RARE BLACK POTTERY OVOID VASE
CHINA, LIAO DYNASTY (AD 907-1125)
The lower body with combed texture, the mid body burnished below a crisscross band, both divided into five subtle lobes, the neck with burnished stripes separated by a median bow-string band, with a molded spoked medallion in the middle of the concave base
13 5/8 in. (34.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York acquired in Hong Kong, 1988.
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Lot Essay

Compare the black pottery jar with similar burnished designs and dated to the Liao dynasty, illustrated by Tsugio Mikami in Sekai Toji Zenshu - 13 - Liao, Jin, Yuan, Tokyo, 1981, p. 162, no. 136, where a brown-glazed vase with shape similar to the present example, also dated to the Liao dynasty, is illustrated, p. 162 no. 137.

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