Jin Dynasty Yueyao Celadon Ovoid Jar

A large Yueyao celadon ovoid jar, Jin Dynasty (265-420), with the wide mouth on the short neck, double lug handles, the olive green glaze stopping just above the base. For similar example see Tokyo National Museum, Guan ware celadon cherished by Japanese, 27/5/2014-13/10/2014, exhibition no. TG2110. Another jar with similar shape and glaze but iron spot decorations, see a celadon jar excavated from an Eastern Jin dynasty tomb dated 351 at Yusansi, Wenzhou city, in Wenzhou Museum. Also see Zhang Bai ed., Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China: Zhejiang, Beijing, 2008, p.71, pl.71. 13.58 in. high; 6.10 in. diameter on the mouth. Provenance: Collections of Thomas D. Williams, Indianapolis, USA.