Lot 21. A cream-glazed lays jar, zhadou, Late Tang Dynasty (618-907); 9,5 cm high. Sold for €16,640. © Bonhams 2001-2024

The compressed globular body raised on a solid short foot, rising from a narrow waist to a widely flared conical mouth with gently lipped rim, covered inside and out with a creamy white glaze, the base unglazed.

Provenance: Acquired from Berwald Oriental Art, 6 May 2005.
A distinguished German private collection.

Published: Berwald Oriental Art, Shapes and Glazes of the Tang, London, 2004, cat.no.3.

Bonhams. CHINESE ART, Paris, 12 June 2024