A 'GANZHOU' 'RICE MEASURE' JAR SONG – YUAN DYNASTY |

with rounded sides rising to a constricted neck and rolled rim, the interior of the vessel and outer rim glazed russet, the unglazed exterior decorated with a combed design in the form of concentric arcs, all below a band of thick pearly glazed studs encircling the neck

Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd., Hong Kong, 6th January 2000.

The rice measure jar is in overall good condition. There is some light surface pitting in area and expected wear in areas.
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Jars of this type were possibly made in imitation of basketwork rice measures and are known from the Ganzhou kilns, located in Jiangxi province. For a related example, see one sold in these rooms, 4th April 2017, lot 3075; another included in the exhibition Song Chinese Ceramics. 10th to 13th Century, Eskenazi, London, 2003, cat. no. 19; and a third from the Scheinman collection published in Robert Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996, pl. 110.