NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

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A RARE YAOZHOU CARVED CELADON ‘PEONY’ LOBED JAR
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The ovoid body is divided into twelve shallow lobes and freely carved with full-blown peony blossoms on leafy stems, applied with a pair of strap handles connecting the neck and the upper body, all under an olive-green glaze.
6 7⁄8 in. (17.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Eskenazi, London, 2003, no. C2953
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Gordon, San Francisco
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 2009, no. x1650

Exhibited

The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 12 March -4 April 2009, Catalogue, no. 11
Eskenazi, Principal Wares of the Song Period from a Private Collection, London, 8-29 May 2015, no. 14

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Lot Essay

A jar of this form and size with slightly loosely carved decoration and rope-twist handles from the Lu family tombs at Lantian in the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology is illustrated by Rose Kerr, Yaozhou Wares from Museums and Art Institutes Around the World, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 203, no. 283.

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