The group comprises a green-glazed pottery ear cup molded on the exterior with a stylized wave pattern and a grey pottery jar and cover (hu) decorated on either side with a monster-mask handle.
5½ in. (13.9 cm.) across; 11¼ in. (29 cm.) high

First:
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.

Second:
C.T. Loo
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.

First:
Mostra d'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 293.

First:
London, Oriental Ceramic Society, 1953.
Venice, Mostra d'Arte Cinese, 1954.
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987.

Second:
New York, Columbia University Low Memorial Library, The Columbia University Exhibition of 3000 Years of the Ceramic Art and Ancient Sculpture of China from the Sackler Collections, 11 November 1962-18 January 1963.
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987.

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