A black and brown glazed stoneware jar, Northern Song dynasty.
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The body of compressed globular form, rising from a short spreading foot to a broad waisted neck with everted rim. Applied at the shoulder with a pair of strap handles, covered with a rich dark brown lustrous glaze irregularly decorated with lighter russet and buff splashes falling short in a neat line above the foot to reveal the light greyish body. Height 10.8 cm.
Wear. Chips.
Provenance
Purchased at Bluett&Son, 48 Davies Street, London, June 13th 1979.
From the Collection of Mr W. Hanna. Mr Hanna graduated from Ecole des Beaux Art in Paris, before joining Hyatt International Hotels in Chicago, USA. His work as Senior Vice President covered overseeing the design of hotels worldwide. This including the selection of architects and interior designers, approval of designs and approval of interior finishing materials and furnishings. After retiring Mr Hanna settled down in Malmö with his Swedish wife in beautifully decorated penthouse flat in “Turning Torso” building.
Exhibitions
Utställning av äldre kinesiskt konsthantverk ur svenska samlingar, 1928. Nationalmuseum. Lot no 234. Exibition label to base.
Also exhibited in the National Museum in 1949, lot no 268. Exhibition label to base.
Literature
Illustrated in Osvald Sirén, Kinas konst under tre årtusenden, Vol II. in colour opposite 384.
