Artist name:
Chinese
Artwork title:
Jar
Description: Jar tapering outwards to centre and inwards to mouthrim; brown stoneware body with brown slip; brownish green glaze covers the interior of the neck and the exterior of the body; the lower quarter of the body is unglazed; four imitation ears without openings above the shoulder - the very late specimens have this characteristic; 4 bands of reeding from below the ears to the neck. Prototype Yuan or earlier? 19th or 20th century copy of the original shape. Group A - see Dr Eckert's identification notes in Historical Notes section.
Artwork date(s): 19th/20th century
Artwork type: Eastern Collection
Medium: glazed ceramic
Measurements: H:235 Diam:110
Accession number: 528
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