£756
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art ft. Scholar's Aesthetics: Dr Kenneth P. Lawley's Collection | 751
Auction: 3 November 2023 at 09:00 GMT
漢 原始瓷弦紋壺
of compressed globular form, carved with dense narrow furrows on the broad shoulders and deeper on the everted rim, high neck, the upper body covered in semi-opaque ash-olive glaze
Provenance: Christie's, 14 & 17 June 1985, lot 219, via S. Marchant & Son, with an original receipt issued by Marchant & Son dated 25 June 1985. With a now detached (found inside the jar) associated Christie's label inscribed '219' '17/06/85'.
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: Cer.101.
Note: See two related jars, dated to the Han dynasty, with similar forms and decoration, one sold at Sotheby's New York, 27 Sep 2022, lot 712; the other offered at Bonham's Sydney, 26 Nov 2013, lot 348.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價