
Lot Closed
September 26, 03:46 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A large black-glazed 'ribbed' handled jar
Northern Song / Jin dynasty
北宋 / 金 黑釉棱線紋雙系大罐
Height 10⅞ in., 27.5 cm
Compare a slightly larger example, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Janos Szekeres, included in the exhibition Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 1995, cat. no. 61, where it is noted that the ribs seen on the present type of vessel were first used on ceramics during the Tang dynasty in imitation of Tang lacquer and silver and eventually became a popular decorative technique by the 12th century.
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