Description:
China, late Song to Yuan dynasty
H. 22 cm
Jar with an elongated, barrel-shaped body that tapers slightly towards the base. Cylindrical neck on a flat shoulder, upon which a sculpturally moulded dragon coils upwards in high relief. The jar is crowned by a flat lid topped with a bird's knob. A thick, silky matt glaze in a pale grey to lime green shade coats the entire body evenly but omits the reddish-brown oxidised firing rims on the foot and mouth. The interior of the lid and the recessed area within the foot ring are also glazed.
From a German private collection, acquired before 2007 - Cf. a lidded jar of the same type in the V&A Museum, East Asia Collection, accession no.: C.28&A-1935; Pair of Longquan lidded vases in the British Museum, asset number: 440992001 - The upper rim of the jar with the Japanese kintsugi technique restord, a fine stress crack to the foot ring, some encrustations and minor chipping