A Chinese Warring States Stoneware Amphora Jar

Warring States period (475–221 BCE), stoneware, with bottle rim and four strap handles to shoulder, body tapers to a narrow foot, presented resting in a tall carved wood stand.




HOA 15 1/8 x 7 in.

Collection of Mr. John Sylvester, Jr.

Purchased in Tokyo in 1959.

Scattered small nicks to rim and signs of water staining to body of vessel; glaze and firing anomalies as made; stand is later.