Lot Essay
A similar jar in the Avery Brundage Collection is illustrated by M. Medley, Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1974, pl. 96 B.
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YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
Details
A PAINTED CIZHOU JAR
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The jar has a tapering, broad-shouldered body decorated in brownish-black on a cream slip with three lobed panels, each containing figures, all between wavy line borders at the shoulder, rim and foot, and all under a clear glaze. The rim and the interior are covered with a brown glaze.
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The jar has a tapering, broad-shouldered body decorated in brownish-black on a cream slip with three lobed panels, each containing figures, all between wavy line borders at the shoulder, rim and foot, and all under a clear glaze. The rim and the interior are covered with a brown glaze.
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Mayuyama, Tokyo, prior to 1976.
Literature
Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, 1976, p. 217, no. 658.