A VERY RARE RUSSET-PAINTED BLACKISH-BROWN-GLAZED JAR WITH ROPE-TWIST HANDLE
SONG DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
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A VERY RARE RUSSET-PAINTED BLACKISH-BROWN-GLAZED JAR WITH ROPE-TWIST HANDLE
SONG DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
The high-shouldered tapering body is painted in matte russet brown with two phoenixes swooping down from the shoulder, contrasting with the lustrous black glaze which also covers the interior where it thins to a brown color. The neatly cut, wide mouth is applied with a rope-twist loop handle.
8 1⁄2 in. (21.5 cm.) high, fitted cloth box
One other jar of the extremely rare form with rope-twist handle, also a black-glazed jar loosely painted in russet-brown, is illustrated in Black Porcelain from the Mr. and Mrs. Yeung Wing Tak Collection, Guangzhou, 1997,pp. 102-103, no. 49.
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