Lot 1071
1071
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY JAR AND A COVER
THE ROBERT B. AND BEATRICE C. MAYER FAMILY COLLECTION
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY JAR AND A COVER

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Details
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY JAR AND A COVER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The jar of ovoid form is splash-glazed on the rounded shoulder in green, ochre and cream glazes on a white slip that falls irregularly below the shoulder, the lower body and flat base exposing the pale pinkish-buff ware. The similarly glazed cover has a bud finial. similarly glazed.
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Nagatani, Chicago, 1963.

Lot Essay

For a very similar sancai-glazed jar and cover, see Eskenazi, Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 1974, no. 13; see, also F. Koyma, Heibonsha toki-zenshu, 1957, pl. 26 for a similar jar without a cover.

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