Warring States/Han Dynasty
Comprising: a large olive green glazed globular jar with a meshed pattern around the body, below a short flaring rim; a mid-sized jar of compressed globular form, the wide shoulders set with taotie-mask ring handles below the short everted neck; and a small celadon-glazed jar with four lug handles to the shoulders over a cross-hatched band.
The tallest: 27cm (10 5/8in) high. (3).
Footnotes
戰國時期/漢 陶罐三件
Provenance: Acquired from Sandra and David Dykes, London, 1995 and 2000 (the smallest jar and largest jar)(collector's notes)
Acquired from Christie's South Kensington, March 2000 (the middle jar)(collector's notes)
Published and Illustrated: M. White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol. 2, n.p., 2021, p.55 (the large jar); p.56 (the mid-sized jar)