Lot 2000. Huge wine storage jar, Cizhou, China, Ming Dynasty, dated 1596. Estimate: 800 - 1,100 EUR (851 - 1,171 USD. Photo Van Ham.

Heavy, yellowish brown stoneware with white slip. Thin, transparent, partly crazed glaze. Painted with manganese brown. Egg-shaped on flat base, with a wide opening with short neck. In sketchy drawing bands with leaves and characters. Height 68cm, Ø 42cm. Condition B/C. A hole in the wall. Smaller part of the glaze flaking off. 

Provenance: -Private collection Bavaria.

Literature: -Arne Eggebrecht (ed): China, eine Wiege der Weltkultur: 5000 Jahre Erfindungen und Entdeckungen. Mainz 1994. Compare No. 161.

Van Ham. Asian Art, Auction 384 (08/12/2016)