GREY POTTERY GRANARY JAR
HAN DYNASTY
£2,016
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
漢 弦紋熊足灰陶倉
decorated with four sets of triple ribs on the cylindrical body, supported on three bear-form feet, the bears moulded in minute detail with bulging eyes, full mane and an upper limb holding an object towards the mouth
Dimensions
29cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Sotheby's, 1984. Previously in the S.C. Coles Collection (according to collector's inventory). The base with two labels indicating it was exhibited in the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1963, no. 32.
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: Cer.98.
Footnote
Note: A larger comparable pottery granary jar, Han dynasty, with more stylised rendition of bear-feet, is illustrated in Ben Janssens Oriental Art, 2010, p. 15. Also compare to a granary jar with a pale green glaze, formerly in the Charles B. Hoyt collection, now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, accession no. 50.1843, illustrated in The Charles B. Hoyt Collection: Memorial Exhibition, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1952, pl. 26.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價