Lot 964. A small green-glazed pottery jar, China, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 5 in. (12.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500. Price realised USD 13,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018

The bulbous body encircled by a grooved band with pendent triangle border, with a further grooved band encircling the shoulder below the waisted neck and the dished mouth, the exterior covered with a streaked glaze of deep green tone.

Provenance: Mathias Komor, New York. 
Gift of Peter Weil, 25 December 1948.

Literature: R. Ellsworth et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Arts of Asia and Neighboring Cultures, New York, 1993, vol III, p. 74, no. 31.

Christie's. The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Travel and Americana, New York, 10 May 2018