AN OLIVE GREEN-GLAZED STONEWARE JAR SUI DYNASTY

the globular body rising from a slightly concave solid foot to a short neck, incised with two narrow grooves and applied with three double-stranded loop handles, covered with a crackle-suffused transparent olive-green glaze, stopping irregularly above the foot to expose the fine buff body, Japanese wood box (3)

Purchased in Osaka, 1987. 

Chugoku bijutsu ten series: Zui To no bijutsu [Chinese Art exhibition series; The art of Sui and Tang dynasty], vol.3, Osaka Art Museum, Osaka, 1976, cat. no. 1:3. 

There is a circular infill to the base, possibly to cover a firing crack. Otherwise, in overall good condition except for minor firing imperfections and body flaws.
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