Lot 5
  • 5

A ‘YUEYAO’ BROWN-SPLASHED JAR TANG DYNASTY

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • pottery and paulownia wood
the compressed globular body rising to a short waisted neck with everted rim, applied to the exterior with a transparent olive-green glaze splashed with broad vertical strokes in brown, the glaze stopping unevenly above the foot, Japanese wood box

Provenance

Mayuyama & Co. Ltd., Tokyo.

Literature

Seiichi Okuda, Sakutarō Tanaka, Fukosai Hirota, Haruzo Hayashi (eds), Chūgoku no tōji [Chinese Ceramics], Tokyo, 1955, pl. 59.
Ryūsen Shūhō. Sōgyō shichijū shūnen kinen/Mayuyama: Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. 1, pl. 121.

Condition

The jar has over-painting to a circa 5x15cm., area of the glaze at the waist and a circa 8cm., wide section of the rim, minor glaze firing imperfections including blisters and adhered grit, a 5x10mm., flake to the lower body, a 2x1cm., chip to the base (possibly from firing) and light scratches and wear to the glaze consistent with burial.
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