This small brownware jar is part of the lot I bought along with the Ming chicken water dropper. This kind of jar is quite strange because of its size. It's approximately ~15-20cm and looks like a small earthenware vase. It has four pressed lugs with one lug chipped off. It has this brown glaze with signs of glaze degradation.
There are two stylized dragons adorning the body and around it are incised wave-like pattern. Dragons are more predominant during the Ming era as opposed to the unadorned Song dynasty vessels which concur the age of this item. Thus, looking at the motif and the make, I would say this small jar is from the Guangdong area of Southern China during the Ming dynasty.
It is similar to the one published by Cynthia Valdez in her seminal book: A Thousand Years of Stoneware Jars.
It does look nice when it sits on top of your table or desk, doesn't it?
hi sir Juan . do you have any idea how much that Jar in the book? i have exactly the same jar
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