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Ribbed Henan Jar
Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD, China
Height: 18.7 cm
A ribbed Henan jar with wide base and curved sides that taper inward to its straight collar neck. The body is decorated with parallel raised white ribs against a black glaze. The two impressed strap handles connect the neck to the shoulder, below which there are raised white ribs forming elongated X motifs. The glaze stops well above the short, beveled foot-rim, revealing a buff stoneware body. Several large chips repaired on the neck.
A piece of similar size and form is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Provenance:
Ancient Chinese Antiques, Hong Kong, 1990.
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Seattle
Private New York Collection
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