A Lushan phosphatic-splashed Jar, Tang dynasty, the ovoid body rising from a solid foot with a bevelled edge to a waisted neck and everted rim, the shoulder set with a pair of lug handles, covered with a black glaze that ends unevenly above the foot, the whole body with trailed line decoration in mottled milky blue, Provenance: Tokyo Art Club, H: 20.5cm., a chip on the lower mouth rim, firing imperfections