covered jar

  DALLAS, TX.- A beautiful carved limestone figure from a wall fragment in the Longmen Caves in Henan province could bring $60,000 or more in Heritage Auctions' Fine & Decorative Asian Art Auction Dec. 11."We are proudly presenting a variety of fine and decorative Asian works of art, including snuff bottles, jade carvings, fine dynastic ceramics, important paintings and calligraphy etc.," Heritage Auctions Asian Art Consignment Director Moyun Niu said. "This auction also features a group of scholar's objects, from... [Lire la suite]

A small bronze covered jar, Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907). Height 3 inches (7.6 cm). Price On Request. © 2020 J.J. Lally & Co., New York of ovoid form, resting on a flat base, the steeply rounded shoulders incised with three double-line collars, the wide mouth with rolled lip, the slightly domed cover with matching double-line collars encircling the bud-shaped knop, the smooth surface with scattered dark reddish brown patina and showing the pseudomorph of ancient silk wrapping in areas of bright green malachite... [Lire la suite]

Covered jar, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), ca 1st century B.C. Earthenware with painted decoration. H. 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm); Diam. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm); Diam. of rim: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); Diam. of foot: 8 in. (20.3 cm). Purchase, Mr and Mrs Oscar Tang. Gift, 1986. 1986.170a, b © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. During the Warring States period (475–221 B.C.), jades, bronze, textiles, musical instruments, books and other luxuries were often placed in tombs to serve the needs of the deceased in the... [Lire la suite]

Covered jar, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 2nd–1st century B.C. Earthenware with painted decoration. H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); Diam. 11 in. 27.9 cm); Diam. of rim 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); Diam. of foot 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm). Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1992. 1992.165.20a, b © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This mortuary vessel is decorated with the animated drama of a blue beast with bared fangs lunging at a mounted archer. Roaming the other side of the hu is a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 16. A sancai glazed covered jar, Tang Dynasty (618-907), overall height 9 1/2 in., 24.1 cm. Estimate 15,000 -- 20,000 USD. Lot sold 18,000 USD. © Sotheby's. of ovoid form, the white body covered halfway down with evenly spaced wax-resist florettes set against a streaky green and amber glaze, surmounted by a matched domed cover with a small bud knop, and similiarly applied with wax-resist spots against a green and amber glaze. Note: Compare a closely related jar with a matching... [Lire la suite]

Covered Jar (Hu), Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 1st century B.C. Earthenware with painted decoration. H. 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm); Diam. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm); Diam. of rim: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); Diam. of foot: 8 in. (20.3 cm). Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Tang Gift, 1986; 1986.170a, b © 2000–2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  During the Warring States period (475–221 B.C.), jades, bronze, textiles, musical instruments, books and other luxuries were often placed in tombs to serve the needs of the deceased in the... [Lire la suite]

Covered Jar, Vietnamese, Thanh-hoa province, 11th–12th century. Brown and transparent glaze on gray earthenware, h. 18 in. (45.7 cm); diam. 10 in. (25.5 cm), San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown, 2004.20.3. Photograph by Peggy Tenison

Vase, Song dynasty, 960 CE-1279. Stoneware, 20.0 × 10.6 cm diameter. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria, in memory of George Ewing by Mrs M. E. Cutten, Founder Benefactor, 1979, AS26-1979. © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Bulbous with trumpet shape mouth, dark brown/black gloss glaze.  Bowl, Song dynasty, 960 CE-1279, Jizhou, Jiangxi province. Jizhou ware, 7.2 × 18.1 cm diameter. Presented by Yamanaka & Co. Ltd, 1939, 4650-D3. © National Gallery... [Lire la suite]

Vietnam, 13th century-14th century, earthenware, glaze. Two parts - lid and jar. Three fish molded as decoration; (a-b) 22.5 × 19.0 cm diameter (overall). Gift of Zorica McCarthy, 2010, 2010.324.a-b © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Covered jar, Vietnam, 11th century-13th century, earthenware, glaze, (a-b) 22.0 × 18.5 cm diameter (overall), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Gift of Zorica McCarthy, 2010, 2010.327.a-b. Covered jar with lobed sides, strap handles, carved lotus petal band on shoulder and a round knob on lid, cream glaze. Clay from Bat Trang area. The work has had another pot fired inside it. This style of pot used in Japan as a water pot for tea ceremony.