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LARGE OLD EARLY CHINESE BRONZE STORAGE JAR W PROVENANCE

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Sold Date: 03/27/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

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Item: This auction is for a superb and early Chinese bronze storage jar. The jar is decorated with relief designs around the outside of waves and other symbols. There are two applied animal head handles with hanging rings. Underside of the jar and underside of the cover have matching inventory numbers from a former collection. The jar comes with a great provenance. It was a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Brainerd Thresher. Here is a really quick bio of Mr. Thresher.....

Brainerd Bliss Thresher (1870-1950) "inspired by the craftsman ideal of the importance of art making, took up metalworking as a hobby. In his spare time he created works that emphasized sinuous, organic lines and rich surfaces, such as the screen inlaid with the figure of a peacock [now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]."

A partial Thresher timeline from Boram-Hays' book shows his Arts & Crafts roots:

1892 Graduated from Denison University, Granville, OH
1902 Cofounded Dayton Society of Arts and Crafts, Dayton, OH
1903 Lectured at National Arts Club, New York
1919 Cofounded Dayton Art Institute
1927 Exhibited at Friends of Art House, Baltimore, MD
1934 Published A Brief Introduction to Japanese Art

Age: The jar is quite early. The former collection lable dates the jar to the Han Dynasty but we feel it might be a little later.

Size: Stands 9.25 inches tall

Condition: The end of the cover finial is missing and there is a clean drill hole in the base

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