Lot 26. A rare large celadon-glazed pilgrim flask, Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420); 24cm high. Sold for €21,760. © Bonhams 2001-2024

Of flattened oval section raised on four rectangular feet and surmounted by a cylindrical neck, applied to the shoulders with a pair of lug handles, covered overall with a pale olive-green, slightly crackled glaze pooling around the neck and feet to a darker tone

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 23 and 24 March 1998, lot 535
A distinguished European private collection.

Note: Compare with a similar flask excavated from a tomb of the Eastern Jin dynasty in Nanjing, illustrated in Zhongguo wenhua jinghua daquan. Taoci juan, Taipei, 1993, no.98.

Bonhams. CHINESE ART, Paris, 12 June 2024