Lot 197
Warring States Incised Grayware Hu Jar
Warring States Incised Grayware Hu Jar
Current Bid: $300
(1 Bid)
East Asia, China, Warring States period, ca. 475–221 BCE. A robust gray earthenware hu jar rising from a narrow foot to broad shoulders before tapering to a short flaring neck and everted lip, wheel-thrown in dense low-fired clay with the muted ash tones characteristic of reduction-fired ceramics of this period. The exterior is decorated with horizontal bands of comb-incised impressed texture encircling the upper shoulder, transitioning to diagonal hatched tooling across the lower body, a surface treatment common to utilitarian storage wares of the late Zhou and early Han periods. Hu jars such as this accompanied the living at table and the dead in burial, where their sturdy presence ensured sustenance in the afterlife.. 8" D x 10" H (20.3 cm D x 25.4 cm H).
Provenance: private Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA collection, 1995 to 2005 or via inheritance; ex-JCT collection, U.S. Navy Commander, assembled 1926 to 1934
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Item #
203008
- Condition: Excellent. Black ink label written on the base surface. Old loss to the rim and some chips, otherwise intact!
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| $300 | $999 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $1,999 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $4,999 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $9,999 | $500 |
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