Large Chinese Sung Dynasty Stoneware Jar, 11th Century
RH253
A Large 11th Century Chinese Martaban Stoneware Jar, Sung Dynasty (960-1279), of ovoid form with a wide almost flat shoulder with three applied lug handles below a short neck and lipped rim. Covered by a lustrous dark brown glaze over a greenish slip pooling unevenly well above the flat base showing the dense red stoneware. Provenance: an old museum inventory number reading ” ORI WA/1412/A inscribed on the base, Sothebys sale Dec 2002, Brighton private collection
Period
11th Century
Materials
Stoneware
Condition
A chip of circa 3 cm at the neck otherwise very good
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