A YUE WEAR CELADON JAR WITH TAOTIE MASKS. WESTERN JIN DYNAST...

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A YUE WEAR CELADON JAR WITH TAOTIE MASKS.
WESTERN JIN DYNASTY (AD 265–317)
“饕餮”耳瓶越窑西晋 265-317
Finely potted with a compressed globular body rising to a short waisted neck and an everted rim, the shoulders applied with a pair of taotie masks, each modelled. The body is covered overall with an olive-green celadon glaze, thinning over the raised areas and pooling attractively in the recesses, stopping neatly above the foot to reveal the fine-grained, buff-coloured stoneware body
14.0cm high

Laboratory Ralf Kotalla Thermoluminescence Report No.:10210312

PROVENANCE: Private Swedish Collection.

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