J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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The Gordon Collection:
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
March 12 - April 4, 2009
57.
A BROWN-AND-BLACK-GLAZED POTTERY JAR WITH HANDLE
Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-1279)
of well-potted guan shape, with a rope-twist handle arching over the wide mouth, joined to the moulded lip rim by wide triangular terminals, covered inside and out with a streaked and mottled black and rust-brown glaze continuing over the handle, the surface showing an attractive iridescence overall, ending in an even line well above the base resting on a sturdy square-cut ring foot, the exposed stoneware burnt olive-brown in the firing.
Height 7 3⁄4 inches (19.3 cm)
From the Collection of Baron Cunliffe (1899-1963), no. T-49
One other example of this rare form, with loosely painted rust-brown decoration on a black ground is illustrated in Black Porcelain from the Mr. and Mrs. Yeung Wing Tak Collection, Guangzhou, 1997, no. 49, pp. 102-103, described as Yaozhou ware.
宋 黑釉醬彩提梁陶罐 高 19.3 厘米
