CHINESE YUE-WARE 'LOTUS' JAR
FIVE DYNASTIES TO NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
五代至北宋 越窯青釉刻蓮瓣紋罐
of compressed globular form with a flat inverted rim, supported on a short foot ring, the body decorated with a band of lotus petals carved in delicate relief, covered overall in a pale olive-green glaze exhibiting a dense web of crackles
Dimensions
12.5cm wide
Footnote
A Yue ware jar of similar shape and decoration from the highlands of Jambi Sumatra, one of many found in Indonesia is published in ORIENTAL CERAMICS The World's Great Collections, Vol. 3: Museum Pusat, Jakarta, 1982, colour pl. 73, and discussed p. 170 (12.6cm diameter, dated as Five Dynasties or Song dynasty). For another globular jar with similar lotus petal decoration, also as Yue ware from the Five dynasties or Early Song period, 10th century, see ORIENTAL CERAMICS The World's Great Collections, Vol. 10: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1980, fig. 103 (10.4cm diameter). A further comparable example dated to the Five Dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty, is in the collection of the Shanghai Museum (museum's collection online archive, https://www.shanghaimuseum.net/mu/frontend/pg/article/id/CI00159994).