J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
MenuPast Exhibition
Early Chinese Ceramics: An American Private Collection
March 28 - April 16, 2005
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A BLUE-SPLASHED WHITE-GLAZED POTTERY JAR
Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618–907)
of well-potted globular form with wide mouth, the short concave neck rising to a rolled-out rim, the exterior covered with a white glaze of creamy tone liberally splashed with bright blue streaks all around the shoulders and down the sides, the mouth rim also dappled in bright blue, the glaze ending short of the base, the flat foot with neatly chamfered edge left unglazed revealing the fine white pottery body, the interior unevenly glazed in pale amber yellow with spots of blue.
Height 7 1⁄2 inches (19 cm)
Exhibited on loan at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 2001.
Compare the smaller Tang blue-splashed white-glazed pottery jar, formerly in the Collection of Frederick M. Mayer and from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, illustrated by Medley in the catalogue entitled Tang Sancai Pottery – Selected from the collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, London, 1989, p. 68, no. 38.
唐 白釉藍彩罐 高 19 厘米 徑 22.8 厘米
