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A HENAN RUSSET-SPLASHED TWIN-
HANDLED JAR

NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY

The jar is well potted with ovoid body tapering towards the
spreading foot and towards the collar-like neck with lipped
mouth. The exterior is covered with a lustrous black glaze
liberally splashed in russet that thins to more of a caramel colour
on the pair of loop handles and stops above the foot exposing
the greyish-white body. The inside of the neck is glazed black
while the remainder of the interior is covered with a thin glaze
of dark caramel colour.

6¡ in. (16.3 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

HK$240,000-400,000 US$32,000-52,000

PROVENANCE
Kochukyo, Tokyo

北宋/金 黑釉鐵銹斑雙耳罐

來源
壺中居，東京

The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics 古韻天成 — 臨宇山人珍藏（一） 112