A Chinese Yueyao ash-glazed Pottery jar, Guan, Warring States (476-221BC), of compressed spherical form with abstracted animal form handles at the shoulder, the upper part covered in a proto celadon ash-glaze, 18 cm high, 31 cm diameter. Provenance: Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne. 'Fine Chinese and Asian Arts', 16 November 2009, lot 260, Literature: for similar examples, see 'Gems of Beijing cultural relics series: Pottery and porcelain 1', Figs 37, and 38. Beijing Publishing house. July 1999,