A RUSSET-SPLASHED BLACK-GLAZED TWO-HANDLED JAR Tang Dynasty Sturdily potted with a compressed globular body rising from a short foot to a short waisted neck terminating in a lipped rim, flanked by a pair of lug handles, covered with a lustrous black glaze splashed with russet, stopping in an irregular line above the foot and partially within the interior to reveal the buff-coloured body. 20.5cm (8 1/8in) wide. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 唐 黑釉褐斑雙繫罐 Provenance: acquired from R ＆ G McPherson Antiques, London (label and collector's notes) 來源：獲得于倫敦古董商 R ＆ G McPherson（標簽和藏家筆記） Ceramics decorated with polychrome splashed glazes first emerged during the Tang dynasty. Wares decorated with mottled splashes on a black-glazed ground are known as 'floral wares' (花瓷, huaci). In order to overcome the visual monotony of monochrome black-glazed ceramics, Tang dynasty potters innovatively applied splashed glazes formulated from materials such as copper, manganese, or calcium phosphate over an iron-rich black ground glaze. When fired at high temperatures, these glazes fused and interacted, producing variegated splashes in tones of blue, moon-white, or russet (as seen in the present lot). See a related 'phosphatic' splash-glazed jar with lug handles, Tang dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 9 October 2014, lot 239. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing