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Hi Chris,
I nearly missed seeing your message, it was a long while ago that I posted this jar & I must admit to being slightly surprised that it aroused no interest at the time as this type of early Yue jar seems to be quite rare. There is a slightly smaller, fairly similar example in He Li`s book "Chinese ceramics, new standard guide", in fact the same jar is also shown in Margaret Medley`s excellent book "the Chinese potter"
The dimensions of this jar are height 4 3/4", (12cm) & diameter appx 5 1/4", (13.5cm) Due to financial difficulties I`ve had to downsize my collection quite a lot over the last year or two, really just keeping the best, (IMO) pieces so this is the only early Yue piece I have at the moment but I do hope to be in a position to start collecting again soon.
Anyhow I`m glad someone else noticed this & also finds it interesting.
All the best,
Phil.
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