Re: Taipei market finds

[Bok]

This last item I have the most doubts about. A smaller tea jar with a crackled mustard yellow glazing.
The pictures are not ideal, from my visual inspection it does not seem to be a new item, but I have no real clue to what age it could have?

The seller said Song dynasty but I highly doubt it. Prize was ok, so I did not think too much about it.

[peterp]

Song dynasty? That glaze color did not even exist in the Song dynasty.  And this shape of lid did never exist in China. As there is no side view or bottom picture it is difficult to tell, but from this angle it looks as if it was a Japanese jar.

[Bok]

Thanks for your reply! I had my doubts about what that guy said?
Makes sense, Taiwan had been part of the japanese empire for about 50 years and the influence and leftovers of that period are still visible in many places.

[Stan]

Even for Japanese this is not a traditional lid, I would think 20th century without seeing the bottom.