A GROUP OF THREE POTTERY WARESNeolithic period and Ming DynastyThe large red pottery jar with four lug handles to the rounded body, rising to a tall cylindrical neck; the ewer of ovoid form with a tubular spout and a flat strap handle; the cizhou ovoid vase with four lug handles, the body boldly painted with lotus on a cream slip ground. 30cm (11 3/4in) high; 20.5cm (8in) high; 24cm (9 1/2in) high (3).Footnotes:The pottery jar: The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no.C103b74, 19 February 2003, is consistent with the dating of this lot. The pottery ewer: The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no.C105h67, 2 March 2005, is consistent with the dating of this lot.Provenance: The pottery jar - Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2003, no.27.A distinguished English private collection