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PROPERTY FROM THE
PETER SCHEINMAN COLLECTION
1309
A RARE AND UNUSUAL BLACKISH-
BROWN-GLAZED JAR AND COVER
JIN DYNASTY, LATE 12TH-13TH CENTURY
The sides of the deep jar are carved in imitation
of basketwork below a band of forets applied
below the rim, and the cover is similarly carved
below the fower head handle. Both are covered
with a blackish-brown glaze that thins to russet
on the raised areas and is repeated on the
underside of the cover and as a thin wash on
the interior of the jar.
7¬ in. (19.8 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE
Roger Keverne, London, 8 June 2006.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection,
New York.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd.
thermoluminescence test no. P205k39 is
consistent with the dating of this lot.
金 黑釉蓋罐

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