A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY JAR TANG DYNASTY

the broad-shouldered body rising from a short spreading foot to a waisted short neck with everted rolled rim, covered overall in an emerald-green glaze, applied in layers and pooling to dark spinach-green tones, the glaze extending over the rim and foot, stopping unevenly on the base to reveal the pinkish-buff body, the interior applied with a transparent yellow-tinged glaze, with spur marks to the rim, Japanese wood box (3)

Collection of Richard Edmund Relfe Luff (1887-1969).
The R.E.R. Luff Will Trust.
Sotheby's London, 26th June 1973, lot 8.

Wares of the T'ang Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1949, cat. no. 169.
Toyo Kobijyutsu ten [Oriental Antiquities Exhibition], Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1974, cat. no. 6. 
Yoroppa Hizou Koimari Kakiemon Kotoji ten [Treasured in Europe - Exhibition of Ancient Ceramics of Old Imari and Kakiemon], Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, 1975, cat. no. 10.

The rim with three restored chips, the largest of the restored sections measuring approximately 5 cm along the rim. The rim also with a shallow 0.2 cm rim chip, spur marks to the rim, including two presumably flaked with associated losses, the largest of which measuring 1.2 x 0.5 cm. Several old shallow chips to the foot. Minor glaze flakes and surface wear elsewhere.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Compare a similar jar illustrated in Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt and Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobart, Chinese Art, Jade, Sculpture, Ceramics, New York, 1980, pl. 135, formerly in the collection of the British Rail Pension Fund and subsequently sold at Sotheby's London 12th December 1989, lot 61. Similar jars are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in William B. Honey, The Ceramic Art of China and Other Countries of the Far East, London, 1945, col. pl. 26a and the collection of Sir Alan Barlow,  included in the exhibition Mostra d'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 333.