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PROPERTY FROM THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION
1702
A RARE CARVED YAOZHOU CELADON JAR
FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD (AD 907-960)
The tapering, bulbous body is well carved with fve large peony blossoms The present globular jar is decorated with a deeply cut fower design typical
rising from lotus petals below, each reserved against and framed by a large of the high quality ceramic wares from the kilns of north China in the Five
rounded petal. The large petals overlap further petals set between them, all Dynasties and Northern Song periods. The decoration is characterized by
with incised details and all below a double bow-string band on the shoulder. the efective use of multiple overlapping petals which create a rich surface
The jar is covered in a glaze of soft sea-green tone. texture. A similar jar in the Institute of Archaeology, Shanxi province, is
5√ in. (15 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware,
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1997, p. 24, pl. 24.
$6,000-8,000 五代 耀州窯青釉刻花罐

PROVENANCE
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.

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