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Compare two similar green-glazed vases, zun, Northern Qi dynasty,
unearthed in 1948 and currently in the Palace Museum, Beijing, both
of similar form moulded with lotus petals, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Jin
and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1996, pp.61-63, nos.56-57. Another
similar green-glazed vase, North Dynasties, was excavated from the
tomb of Feng Zihui in Jing Prefecture, Hebei Province, dated 565,
illustrated by Imai Atsushi, Chugoku no Toji 4: Seiji, Tokyo, 1997, no.15.

For a related green-glazed earthenware jar and cover, Northern Qi
dynasty, of similar shape and decoration but smaller in size, see
G.Eskenazi and H.Elias, A Dealer’s Hand: The Chinese Art World
Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazai, p.253, pl.201.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test
no.C109g14 dated 9 June 2009, is consistent with the dating of
this lot.

Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing

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