White Glazed Globular Jarlet

Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Gongxian kilns,Earthenware
Henan Province, China
H: 4.5cm D: 7cm.

The globular jarlet delicately potted with gentle rounded sides and a sharp lip, decorated overall inside and out on the body with a white glaze, stopping short of the flat foot leaving it unglazed and exposing the buff white clay body.

• A similar globular jarlet but of a different form is illustrated in ‘Mostra D’Arte Cinese, Palazzo Ducale’, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 359.