Lot 200
CIZHOU TYPE BLACKISH-BROWN GLAZED JAR
JIN/YUAN DYNASTY
Auction: 16 May 2018 at 17:00 BST
£1,875
Description
the broad-shouldered tapering body covered overall with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze, and elegantly painted in black with orchid flowers and leaves below a small, double-ringed mouth
Dimensions
23cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Edinburgh collection; purchased from Bluett & Sons with receipt dated 22nd December, 1969.
Note:
The base of the jar bears a Bluett & Sons, London label. For a similar jar, however painted with birds, see Christie's sale in their New York rooms on 12th-13th September 2012, lot 1394, sale 2580.