Lot 476. A rare olive-green-glazed jar, Northern Qi Dynasty (550–577); 17cm (6 3/4in) high. Estimate £1,000 - £1,500. Sold for £ 4,845 (€ 5,640). © Bonhams

Thickly potted with a short neck and four lug handles resting on the shoulder of the globular body raised on a short foot with a flat base, the transparent straw glaze covering the interior and exterior except around the base revealing the buff body.

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2006, no.26.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C106a90 dated 6 February 2006, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

Note: See a related example with green and brown glazes, excavated in 1958 at Puyang, Henan Province, illustrated by W.Watson, The Genius of China, London, 1973, no.241. See also another example excavated in 1971 from Fan Cui's tomb dated 575 AD at Honghetun, Anyang County, and now in the collection of the Henan Museum, illustrated by Zhang Bai, Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, vol.12, Leiden, 2008, no.22.

Bonhams. Roger Keverne Ltd Moving On (Part II), London, New Bond Street, 7 Jun 2021