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A BLACK-GLAZED CYLINDRICAL JAR AND A CELADON-GLAZED ‘YUE’ FIGURE OF A RAM
COVER WESTERN JIN DYNASTY
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY recumbent with the legs tucked beneath, the voluminous
the slightly convex walls resting on a narrow straight foot body incised with wings and the outlines of the shoulders
and rising to a lipped rim, surmounted by a flat domed cover, and hips, the head lifted with large round eyes and mouth
all under a lustrous ebony glaze striated with silvery tones closed in a subtle smile above a pointed goatee, the crown of
in some areas and thinning to dark brown at the edges, the head with a central aperture flanked by a pair of ridged
the interior similarly glazed, the recessed base unglazed to horns curling to either side of the face, the tail curled against
reveal the buff colored body (2) the curving spine above a flattened rump, covered overall in
Height 4¾ in., 12 cm a dark olive-green glaze
Length 6 in., 15.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired prior to 2000. PROVENANCE
Acquired prior to 2000.
$ 6,000-8,000
$ 6,000-8,000
北宋 / 金 黑釉蓋罐
西晉 越窰青釉臥羊
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得於2000年之前 來源：
得於2000年之前

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A BLACK-GLAZED RIBBED VASE A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY ‘DOUBLE-GOURD’
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY EWER
the globular body resting on a splayed foot and rising to a LIAO DYNASTY
wide, slightly flaring floriform mouth molded as five unfurling the voluminous lower bulb resting on a splayed foot and
petals, covered allover with a lustrous ebony-colored glaze surmounted by a smaller upper bulb, one side with a
thinning to dark brown at the edges, with fine ribs of white flattened loop handle impressed with a geometric floral
slip rising vertically along the exterior body and delineating design and terminating in three raised bosses arranged in
the ‘petals’ at the interior walls a triangle, set across from an elongated upcurved spout,
Height 4¼ in., 10.9 cm the vessel glazed a vibrant apple-green, stopping irregularly
along the sides of the lower bulb to reveal the pale creamy
PROVENANCE
slip and beige body
Acquired prior to 2000. Height 10 in., 25.5 cm
$ 10,000-15,000 PROVENANCE
Acquired prior to 2000.
北宋 / 金 黑釉棱線紋花口罐
$ 5,000-7,000
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得於2000年之前 遼 綠釉葫蘆形執壺

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