Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Property from a Boston Private Collection
A rare black-glazed foliate-rimmed jar, Northern Song / Jin dynasty | 北宋 / 金 黑釉花口罐
Auction Closed
March 17, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A rare black-glazed foliate-rimmed jar
Northern Song / Jin dynasty
北宋 / 金 黑釉花口罐
finely potted with the slightly compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot to a six-lobed mouth with a furled rim, covered overall with an even lustrous black glaze falling short above the foot to reveal the buff-colored stoneware body
Diameter 4 in., 10.1 cm
Alberts-Langdon, Inc., Boston, 2002.
Black-glazed jars of this type appear to be rare, however, a closely related example of slightly larger size from the Falk Collection sold twice at Christie's New York, first on 15th October 2001, lot 77, and again on 18th March 2008, lot 528.