Property from Various Owners
A small Junyao lotus bud jar
Jin dynasty, 12th/13th century
Of truncated pear form raised on a canted foot and covered with a cloudy sky blue glaze that thins along the rim, revealing the pale brown hue of the underlying fabric, the glaze continuing within the recessed base and the exposed fabric along the foot burnt a pale brown.
3 1/8in (8cm) high
Of truncated pear form raised on a canted foot and covered with a cloudy sky blue glaze that thins along the rim, revealing the pale brown hue of the underlying fabric, the glaze continuing within the recessed base and the exposed fabric along the foot burnt a pale brown.
3 1/8in (8cm) high
Estimate:
US$ 30,000 - 50,000
£20,000 - 33,000
€23,000 - 39,000
£20,000 - 33,000
€23,000 - 39,000
Footnotes
- For a similar jar in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, see He Li, Chinese Ceramics, A New Comprehensive Survey (1996), cat. no. 244, pp. 152, 153 and 189.
Provenance:
Christie's New York sale, 15-16 September, 2011, lot 1470
Bluett and Sons, London
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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