J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York

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A LONGQUAN CELADON JARLET AND COVER

Song Dynasty, A.D. 12th-13th Century

of well potted compressed globular form, the steeply rounded plain sides covered inside and out with a lustrous blue-green glaze, the round concave base and upturned lip both unglazed revealing the pale gray stoneware body fired reddish-brown at the margin of the glaze, the domed cover lightly moulded on top with twin lotus blossoms and a bud sprouting above a wide lily pad, all under a matching blue-green glaze.

Diameter 2 ³⁄₄ inches (7 cm)