covered jar

A very rare and large cover jar with plastical ram's head handles, China, Northern Dynasties (ca. 6th-7th cent.). Photo Auktionshaus Stahl Ceramic with olive-green glaze. Bellied spherical shape on 3 small feet with cylindrical cover. The wall with a sumptuous relief decoration in the shape of a rhomb grid. The shoulder with a relief border of reclined mythical creatures. Side handles and cover pommel in the shape of a ram's head. Exceptionally well preserved. H. 38 cm, diam. 35,5. Estimation : 8 000... [Lire la suite]

Large Chinese blue and white porcelain covered jar, Transitional period. 2012 © Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers Domed cover underglazed to show foliate scrolls, over wide ovoid base painted to show peony and song birds. H: 12 in. minor surface wear, cover possibly associated. Estimate $3,000-4,000  Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers. ASIAN ARTS. Sep 09 2012 10:00 http://www.freemansauction.com

An important and rare pair of Japanese export black and gilt lacquer covered jars. Circa 1680-1700. Photo Sotheby's on later giltwood stands. height of urns 28 1/2 in. 72.4 cm. Estimate 15,000-20,000 USD Note: A rare survivor of Japanese lacquered wares produced and exported to the European market in the late 17th century, these jars and covers are identical in shape and nearly identical in decoration to a pair of jars and covers now at Kynžvart Castle, Czech Republic and are also similar to a... [Lire la suite]

Covered jar. Vietnamese, Lê dynasty, 15th–16th century, Vietnam. Stoneware with underglaze blue decoration, chocolate brown wash on base, Chu Dau style. Overall: 12.5 x 9 cm (4 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.). Anonymous gift. 2002.769a-b © 2012 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Globular jar with dome-shaped lid decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a band of broken diapers, panels with floral designs against a background of diamond diaper pattern and lotus panels with spirals. The lid has a lotus-shaped knob... [Lire la suite]

Chinese Blue and White Glazed Covered Jar, 18th Century. Photo Doyle New York The body painted with figures in a veranda setting above a squared scroll border, the lid with scholars and boys in a similar background bordered by a prunus blossom band, base with Kangxi six-character mark. Height 10 1/2 inches. Estimate $2,000-3,000 Doyle New York. Asian Works of Art. Monday, September 12, 2011 at 10am www.doylenewyork.com

A wucai enameled porcelain covered jar. 17th Century Freely painted in underglaze blue and various overglaze enamels with Shoulao riding on a crane toward a gathering of the 'Eight Immortals' standing in an edited landscape setting, the neck surrounded with fantastic rocks and flowering branches and the knobbed cover with two boys in a garden. 16in (40.5cm) high. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500 Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 29 Jun 2009. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco www.bonhams.com 

Covered Jar. China, Zhejiang Province; Western Jin period (265-317), about late 3rd - early 4th century. Stoneware with impressed and applied design under glaze (Yue ware). H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)including cover; D. 10 in. (25.4 cm). Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of Asian Art. 1979.126a,b. This covered jar dating to the late 3rd or early 4th century illustrates two important technical developments: the use of stoneware for the body, and of glaze. Stoneware is a more refined clay than earthenware and can also... [Lire la suite]

A large blue and white porcelain covered jar. 18th Century Thickly potted, its curving walls painted with a wide panel of scrolling peony flower heads and leaf sprays bordered by stiff-leaf and cloud-collar bands, with some motifs repeated on the domical cover topped by a lotus bud finial (repairs, base drilled and cracked). 23 1/2in (58.5cm) high - Sold for $2,160 Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 9 Dec 2008. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco. Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved