A rare Yueyao celadon-glazed inscribed 'lotus' jar


Five DynastiesThe globular body rising to a straight neck, carved to the exterior with two continuous registers of overlapping lotus petals below lappets to the shoulder, supported on a tall foot incised with characters reading 'Yuan ben siqiu (yong)' meaning 'made for this garden sacrificial mound', covered all under a glaze of sea-green tone, fitted box. 8.3cm (3 1/4in) high. (2).
|五代 越窯青釉蓮瓣罐「園本祀丘（用）」刻款Provenance: acquired from R & V Tregaskis, Sydney, on 1 November 2002, no.2181 The Reid Collection來源： 於2002年11月1日購自悉尼古董商R & V Tregaskis，編號2181 Reid 收藏