Lot 1405
  • 1405

TWO CIZHOU-TYPE OVOID JARS JIN / YUAN DYNASTY |

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Wider 5 1/2  in., 14 cm
the first painted in brown on a white slip ground with three boldly applied abstract brush strokes, the interior dark brown; the second, covered with rich brown glaze stopping unevenly above the foot and set with a pair of loop handles (2)

Provenance

The Cizhou painted jar:
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1970.
Collection of Edgar M. Kaufmann, Jr., New York.
Christie's New York, 19th March 2008, lot 550. The brown-glazed jar:
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1975. 
Collection of Edgar M. Kaufmann, Jr., New York.
Christie's New York, 19th March 2008, lot 550.

Exhibited

The Cizhou painted Jar:
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge MA (by repute).