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PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST COLLECTOR

A BLACK-GLAZED JAR
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY

of broad-shouldered ovoid form rising to a short neck with
lipped rim, the body set to either side with a pair of ridged
strap handles, all resting on a short, ared foot, covered
overall in a lustrous dark-brown glaze thinning to varying
russet tones at the rim, handles and lower sections of the body
and stopping unevenly in thick droplets above the unglazed
base
Height 9¼ in., 24.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 17th November 1999, lot 861.

$ 7,000-9,000

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A ‘JIAN’ BLACK-GLAZED ‘HARE’S FUR’
BOWL
SONG DYNASTY

the deep rounded sides rising from a short slightly tapered
foot to a narrow groove below the rim, covered overall with a
lustrous black glaze, thinning at the rim with extensive russet
streaks extending downwards, the glaze stopping short above
the foot to reveal the purplish-brown stoneware body
Diameter 4¾ in., 12 cm

$ 10,000-15,000

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A ‘HENAN’ RUSSET-PAINTED JAR
SONG / JIN DYNASTY

the baluster body rising from a recessed base to a short
narrow-ribbed neck with everted rolled rim, covered overall
with a rich lustrous brown-black glaze freely painted in russet
slip with three large stylized birds in ight, the mouth and base
unglazed
Height 13⅜ in., 34 cm

$ 10,000-15,000

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