Lot 203
  • 203

A 'JIZHOU' SPLASHED JAR SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY |

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 11.5 cm, 4 5/8  in.
the baluster body rising from a short tapering foot to a tapering neck with everted rolled rim, brightly splashed around the exterior in white and cream glazes reserved on a dark chocolate-brown ground

Exhibited

Objects of Desire, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics Song to Yuan Dynasties, 10th to 14th Centuries, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, Sydney, 2013, cat. no. 74.

Condition

This rare jar has over-painting to approximately two thirds of the rim and to two vertical lines one extending circa 6cm., the other 10cm..
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