A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED FIVE-SPOUTED JAR AND COVER FIVE DYNASTIES / NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY |

of ovoid form, the rounded sides with five stepped, horizontal registers, each variously incised with foliate and lappet patterns, the canted shoulder set with five upright tubular spouts, the domed cover with a stepped knopped finial, covered overall in a translucent olive-green glaze pooling in the carved recesses (2)

Collection of Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in memory of her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1926 (acc. no. 1926.1594a-b).

The jar with a chip to the rim of one of the spouts, other rims with some fritting. The cover has restoration to the tip of the finial. Both jar and cover with wear overall, crazing, glaze erosion and small imperfections consistent with age and type.
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