J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Chinese Porcelain and Silver in the Song Dynasty
March 18 - April 8, 2002
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A MASSIVE WHITE PORCELAIN LONG-NECKED VASE
Liao Dynasty (A.D. 916-1125)
the stoutly potted vessel of ovoid form surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck rising from a thread-relief band high on the shoulder, and with a matching thread-relief collar below the rolled-out lip rim, standing on a flat rimless foot, the base unglazed revealing the smooth white porcelain body, the finely crackled transparent glaze unevenly applied, gathering in 'tear marks' and pooling to pale greenish-blue tone in some areas, especially around the shoulder.
Height 20 inches (50.8 cm)
A large covered vase of similar form covered with a very dark green glaze, excavated in 1974 from a Liao tomb in Faku county, Liaoning province, is illustrated in Wenwu, 1975, No. 12, p. 47, no. 14 and in a line drawing on p. 43, fig. 4. The same piece is illustrated again by Watson in Tang and Liao Ceramics, London 1984, in a line drawing, p. 221, fig. 9.q. Two other large Liao dynasty vases of similar form, one white-glazed and the other covered with a dark brown glaze, are illustrated by Kenen Tanka in Shashin de Miru Ryo no Toji - Shinchiken o Kuwaeru, (The Ceramics of the Liao Dynasty, Observed from Photographs - Additional Knowledge and Information), Takeuchi Saeko, Sojusha Art Publishing Company, Tokyo, 1992, p.77, no. 120 and p. 79, no. 123 respectively.
