A Jun twin-handled jar, Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
Lot 2810. A Jun twin-handled jar, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) high. Estimate HK$ 200,000 – HK$300,000 ($25,927 - $38,891). Price realised HKD 375,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The jar is potted with globular body and two strap handles flanking the slightly flared cylindrical neck, raised on a short straight foot. It is applied with a thick sky-blue glaze that stops above the foot and the base inside the jar, revealing the biscuit body, Japanese wood box
Provenance: Sen Shu Tey
Exhibited: Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art – Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 2006, Catalogue, no. 63
Christie's. THE CLASSIC AGE OF CHINESE CERAMICS - THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION, PART I, 2 December 2015, Convention Hall
