A black-glazed 'oil-spot' jar, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century
Lot 1025. A black-glazed 'oil-spot' jar, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019.
Of globular form, the jar is covered with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze and decorated with irregular rows of silvery splashes. The interior covered with a thin brown glaze, and the lower body and broad foot are left unglazed to show the fine-grained ware.
George de Menasce (1890-1967) Collection, no. 475.
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 5 May 1971.
Ira and Nancy Koger Collection, Jacksonville, Florida.
Christie's New York, 19 September 2006, lot 208.
Literature: Oriental Ceramic Society, "Sung Dynasty Wares: Chun and Brown Glazes", The Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1951-1953, vol. 27, no. 65.
Spink & Son Ltd., The George de Menasce Collection, Part I, London, 1971, p.22, no. 40.
Exhibited: London, Oriental Ceramic Society, Sung Dynasty Wares: Chun and Brown Glazes, 1-31 May 1952.
Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 13 September 2019