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A RARE AND FINE YUEYAO JAR WITH COVER
Early Northen Song Dynasty (10th century)
The ovoid body rises above a short splayed foot, and it is truncated at the top, where it ascends in circular steps towards the short, straight neck. There are three loop handles or lugs at the top of the body. The cover is simply but elegantly designed as two circular parcels of clay of decreasing diameter, and topped by a lingzhi fungus finial, identical in style to those found in boxes of the Five Dynasties period. The inside of the cover is cylindrical in shape and resembles those found in Qingbai pieces of the Song period.
The shape is unrecorded in the literature, but the assessment of experts in this type of ware place it in the Song period and from a mature kiln, resulting in a lack of crazing that develops over time when the firing temperature is not high enough.
The glaze is applied very thinly, and it stands out among the pieces from this period because it is not the muddy brown color that many Yue pieces exhibit. The color is gray with a hint of green, but where it pools in recesses, it can be seen as a bubbly emerald green.
H: 5 in. (12.5 cm.)
Condition: Excellent
Literature: "Heaven and Earth Seen Within; Song Ceramics from the Barron Collection" New Orleans Museum of Art
Ref. 703684
SOLD
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