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PROPERTY FROM THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION
1719
A VERY RARE GUAN COMPRESSED JAR
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The jar has upright sides curving in towards the short neck, and is covered
inside and out with a rich greyish-blue glaze sufused with golden crackle that
pulls away from the rim, exposing the dark body. The base is similarly glazed.
2√ in. (7.2 cm) diam., Japanese wood box
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE
The Property of V. W. Shriro, Esq.,Sotheby & Co., London, 28 May 1963, lot 89.
Private collection, Japan.
A very similar, but slightly larger Guan jar (3¬ in. diam.), is illustrated by R.
Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyingtang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994,
p. 214, no. 374. Another similar example was sold at Sotheby & Co., London,
10th December 1968, lot 87.
南宋 官窯青釉小罐
(another view with box)
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