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A GROUP OF FIVE PORCELAINS A GROUP OF EARLY AND EARLY STYLE CERAMICS
17th century and later The first a Neolithic painted pottery jar with flared rim and whorl-
The blue and white wares including a small saucer dish, he figure on patterned band of Majiayao type (repaired and retouched); the
a donkey and his young servant collecting prunus blossoms painted second a buff pottery beaker of Qijia type with curved strap handles
across the shallow well possibly alluding to the early Tang poet Meng and conical neck supported on a compressed ovoid body (repaired);
Haoran; the second a gu-form beaker vase painted with stiff leaf the third a Shang style burnished gray pottery fragment of a loop
bands and flower heads (extensive chips); the third a jar of inverted handle with bovine head; the fourth an early Song stoneware deep
pear form painted with alternating phoenix panels in reserve on a dish with wide foot pad and degraded amber glaze applied over a
blue ground and floral sprays on the white fabric (lacking cover); and white slip (hairline crack, glaze degraded); the last a mis-fired tea
two wucai enameled jars, the larger a covered jar painted with horses bowl of conical form with a curdled glaze and foot shape of Jian type
galloping amid waves beneath a reserve on the shoulder bearing a (repaired and repainted). [5]
six-character Wanli mark in underglaze blue regular script, the smaller 6 1/4in (15.8cm) height of painted pottery jar
painted with fu-lions amid peony plants, both jars with unglazed
bases. US$800 - 1,200
8in (20.5cm) height of beaker vase
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A GROUP OF FIVE EARLY CERAMICS
EARLY CERAMICS Neolithic to Warring States period
The first a burnished black pottery cup with carinated sides; the
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HANNI FORRESTER second a thinly walled jar of compressed globular form with thin
serrated bands of raised relief on the shoulder and loop handles; the
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A PAINTED POTTERY OVOID JAR ground; the fourth a jue vessel with loop handle, a spout formed from
Neolithic period, Banshang phase of Majiayao Culture the conical neck and raised on three conical legs; the fifth a small
Thinly potted with a flared rim to the short neck, a pair of strap handles globular bowl with impressed line design on the exterior walls and
applied at the widest part of the body tapering sharply inward toward applied S-form clay coil decoration (chips, losses, repairs); together
the flat base, the upper section painted with a bold pattern of cross- with a Neolithic style a burnished black pottery footed bowl with
hatched lines within circular whorl-shaped reserves drawn in black and incised string bands above a band of serrated bosses. [6]
red pigments (repaired). 5 5/8in (14.2cm) height of li tripod
US$1,000 - 1,500 US$800 - 1,200
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A PAINTED POTTERY JAR AN OLIVE GLAZED STONEWARE JAR
Neolithic period, Banshan phase of Majiayao Culture Han dynasty
Of compressed globular form with a pair of loop handles applied Thickly potted with a flared rim to the waisted neck and a globular
at the widest part of the body and two tiny nibs extruding from the body raised on a short foot, the neck incised with a combed band
opposing sides of the flared neck, the decoration drawn in black and and the clay slab handles impressed with a herringbone pattern, the
red pigments (chips, repaired and repainted). upper surfaces of the vessel unevenly covered with an olive green
13 1/4in (33.5cm) length across the handles glaze (rim and neck repaired, retouched, old chips).
13 1/8in (33.4cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500
US$1,500 - 2,500
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