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Lot 976
Two similar glazed stoneware storage jars, pou Late Western-early Eastern Han dynasty, Zhejiang/Jiangsu type
18 December 2017, 11:00 PST
San FranciscoSold for US$2,250 inc. premium
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Two similar glazed stoneware storage jars, pou
Late Western-early Eastern Han dynasty, Zhejiang/Jiangsu type
Each of compressed ovoid form tapering sharply inward to a flat base, the shoulder encircled with three raised string bands, applied bosses and animal heads issuing strap handles that support mock oval rings, the olive-brown glaze stopping at the lowest of the string bands and the remaining surfaces burnt a dark cinnamon brown (glazes degraded, minor chips).
12 7/8 and 12 1/4in (32.5 and 31cm) high
Each of compressed ovoid form tapering sharply inward to a flat base, the shoulder encircled with three raised string bands, applied bosses and animal heads issuing strap handles that support mock oval rings, the olive-brown glaze stopping at the lowest of the string bands and the remaining surfaces burnt a dark cinnamon brown (glazes degraded, minor chips).
12 7/8 and 12 1/4in (32.5 and 31cm) high
Footnotes
For a jar of similar shape and decoration in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, see He Li, Chinese Ceramics: a New Comprehensive Survey, 1996, no. 86, pp. 78 and 114 (as 1st century BC-1st century AD, Jiangsu-Zhejiang).














