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A TEADUST-GLAZED FOLIATE-RIMMED JAR The distinctive form of this jar is discussed by L. Rotondo-McCord in
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 10TH-11TH CENTURY the catalogue for the exhibition, Heaven and Earth Seen Within: Song
The jar has a rounded body, shallow canted shoulder and wide neck which Ceramics from the Robert Barron Collection, New Orleans Museum of
rise to a hexagonal, rolled foliate rim, and is covered inside and out with a Art, 2000, p. 50, who traces its development from its first appearance in
finely speckled opaque teadust glaze which falls in an irregular line over a the ninth century through the Song dynasty, when jars of this type were
transparent wash of the same tone. particularly popular. The author cites that such jars may have functioned
as waste receptacles for wine dregs or tea leaves.
5¿ in. (13 cm.) diam.
A very similar jar is illustrated by M. Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes
$7,000-9,000 and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl.
52a.
PROVENANCE:
Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000) and Myron (Johnny) Falk Jr. (1906-
1992) Collection, New York, no. 12.
The Falk Collection I; Christie’s New York, 16 October 2001, lot 74. 北宋 茶葉末釉花口罐
來源:
EXHIBITED: Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000) 暨 Myron (Johnny) Falk Jr. (1906-1992)
New York, Kaikodo, 2002.
伉儷珍藏, 紐約, 藏品12號。
LITERATURE: The Falk Collection I; 紐約佳士得, 2001年10月16日, 拍品74號。
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2002, no. 58.
展覽:
紐約, 懷古堂, 2002年。
出版:
《懷古堂》, 紐約, 2002年春季刊, 58號。