WHITE-GLAZED HANDLED JAR
TANG DYNASTY
£1,071
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
唐 白釉四繫罐
the ovoid body supported on a short splayed foot, set on the rounded shoulders with four double-stranded lug handles joining the straight neck, covered overall with a finely crackled ivory glaze of greyish tinge, stopping undulatingly short of the foot revealing the buff body
Dimensions
29.6cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Clayton, 1976 (according to collector's inventory).
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: Cer.72.
Footnote
Note: A comparable jar is formerly in the collection of Mrs Walter Sedgwick, included in the exhibition The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, 1955, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, pl. 177; Also compare to two jars with covers in auctions, one closely comparable in shape, sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 Sep 2020, lot 690; the other of more globular form, sold at Bonham's New York, 20 March 2023, lot 129.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價