THREE 'YUE' CELADON-GLAZED JARS SIX DYNASTIES

comprising: a compressed globular jar set at the shoulder with four loop handles; a small jar with four loop handles; and a pear-shaped jar with tall neck and cup-shaped mouth; together with a celadon-glazed globular jar carved in high relief with lotus petals 

Sparks, London (lotus jar).

F. Low-Beer & Co., New York (small jar and pear-shaped jar).

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 2, 3, 4 and 19.

Chinese Ceramic Treasures. A Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 1 (globular jar).

Left on catalogue image: Craquelure throughout. Some glaze degradation near the bottom of the body. Fritting on the lip with tiny chips approximately 0.2 cm. The color is slightly more green than the catalogue image suggests. Center-left on catalogue image: 4 cm of mouth restored. Approximately one-third of surface, from mouth to shoulder is degraded, exhibiting corosion of the glaze. Minor glaze cracks emitting from burst air bubbles. The color is slightly more green than the catalogue image suggests. Center-right on catalogue image: Glaze degradation and flaking of glaze on the body and lip. 5 cm long firing flaw on the body, appearing like a crease. A subtle indentation on the lower body was possibly caused by the potter's thumb. The catalogue image is too white-ivory, as the actual piece has a deeper green color. Right on catalogue image: One handle restored. Glaze degradation and loss of glaze on some areas. Three petal tips retouched.
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