Sui-Tang White-Glazed Handled Jar

China, Sui (581-618) to early Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Dimensions: 10.4″ (26.5cm) H

Of elongated ovoid form with a low cylindrical neck and rim, the shoulders with 4 heavily formed double lug handles luted to the body, narrow splayed unglazed foot, the glaze of cream white and finely crackled.

Compare with a similar white stoneware jar in the collection of the British Museum, dated Sui (581-618), Hebei province, ref. 1968,0422.23 Sedgwick Bequest. Compare also with a very similar jar from the Collection of Sakamoto Goro in Sotheby’s New York, sale 13SEP16 Lot 7, 30.9 cm H.

隋 白釉四系罐

Provenance: Private Collection, Texas, USA.
來源：美國Texas私人藏家舊藏

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1968-0422-23
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/chinese-art-through-eye-sakamoto-goro-early-chinese-art-n09584/lot.7.html