Porcelana - China - Dinastía Jin o posterior

RARE Jug in Chinese enamelled stoneware with a çaladon glaze in an olive green tone, the spout in the shape of a cockheaded ewer. On the shoulder, two square handle bases.

Condition: Excellent condition. Small cooking defects.

Dimensions:
Height 17 cm, spout to handle width 12.5 cm, base width 8.5 cm.

References: Similar jug reproduced in the catalog of the imperial collections of the Forbidden City - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 31, nos. 37 and 38, pp. 42- 43. - Jug of the same model reproduced in Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Chinese cecidons and other related wares in Southeast Asia, Arts orientalis, Singapore, 1979, p. 105.

Information on provenance:
Purchased by the current owner in 1998 in England in Wilmslow.
From: Scottish private collection established in the 1930s - 1950s.