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Property from the Collection of Mark S. Pratt
Property from the Collection of Mark S. Pratt
Lot 7229
A qingbai glazed jar and cover Northern Song dynasty
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
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A qingbai glazed jar and cover
Northern Song dynasty
Of globular shape raised on a spreading foot while four cloud collar-shaped handles rise from the shoulder, the cylindrical neck incised with horizontal bands and the body incised with six groups of vertical lines visible beneath the pale gray-green glaze covering the exterior walls and the top of the flat cover finished with concentric rings.
6 1/2in (16.5cm) height including cover
Of globular shape raised on a spreading foot while four cloud collar-shaped handles rise from the shoulder, the cylindrical neck incised with horizontal bands and the body incised with six groups of vertical lines visible beneath the pale gray-green glaze covering the exterior walls and the top of the flat cover finished with concentric rings.
6 1/2in (16.5cm) height including cover
Footnotes
For a qingbai jar and cover of similar shape and decoration in the Kai-yin Lo collection, see Bright as Silver White as Snow: Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, 1998, pl. 32, pp. 148-149: as 11th or 12th century, and identified as a storage container for food or tea powder (15.5cm height with cover).