A rare and large light-green-glazed jar and cover


Tang Dynasty Of ovoid form, rising from a flat base to broad rounded shoulders before narrowing to a short gently tapering neck with wide rolled mouth-rim, the shoulder applied with six flower-head medallions, all covered beneath an iridescent light-green glaze, the domed cover similarly glazed, surmounted by a large lotus-bud finial. 49.5cm (19 1/2in) high. (2).
|The Property of a Gentleman 士紳藏品唐 淡青釉帶蓋罌瓶Provenance: The Fen Wen Tang Collection, Hong Kong, 2006Gisèle Croës Arts D'Extreme Orient, Brussels, 2008Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection來源：香港奉文堂舊藏，2006年布魯塞爾古董商吉賽爾藝廊，2008年歐宗易先生舊藏With a stupa-like cover, this type of jar was called by Chinese scholars yingping which refers to a big jar with small mouth and globular body, usually serving as a wine container. Flower-head appliqués were popular ornaments and can be widely found on sancai stonewares of the Tang dynasty, see a similar decoration on a sancai jar, Tang dynasty, in the collection of Seikado Bunko Art Museum, Tokyo, illustrated by Masahiko Sato in Ceramic Art of the World, vol.11, Tokyo, 1976, p.67, pl.48. Compare with the similar texture of glaze on a vase with handles, Tang dynasty, which is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, 1987, pl.22.The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C118j34, dated 1 August 2018, is consistent with the dating of this lot.此器肩上貼塑團花紋作飾，而此類紋飾多見於唐代三彩陶瓷之上。詳見東京靜嘉堂文庫美術館所藏一件唐代三彩貼花紋萬年壺，器身飾有貼塑團花紋，載於《世界陶瓷全集：隋、唐》，第11冊，東京，1976年，頁67，圖48。另外比對出光美術館所藏一尊唐代白瓷龍耳瓶，其釉色與本器相似，載於《出光美術館藏品圖錄》，1987年，圖22。Oxford Authentication Ltd.公司熱釋光檢測結果（2018年8月1日，編號C118j34）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。