A RARE MARBLED JAR, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

A RARE MARBLED JAR 

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

北宋 絞胎罐

finely potted, the globular body formed of two hemispherical sections, each made from striated cream and dark brown clays, all raised on a cream-glazed foot and surmounted by a tapering cream-glazed neck, covered overall in a translucent ivory-colored glaze

Height 3¾ in., 9.8 cm