An unusual 'longquan' celadon five-spouted jar and cover (wukouping) Northern Song dynasty

the ovoid or beehive-shaped body set with five projecting spouts issuing from four curved tiers at the shoulder incised with cross-combings , the lower section with two registers of finely combed upright lappets, supported on a short straight foot, the lobed cover with a recumbent dog finial atop radiating petals, covered overall in a bluish-green glaze pooling to a deeper green in the carving, the recessed base left unglazed revealing the body burnt grayish-orange from the firing (2)

There is burial degredation to about half the cover, part of the dog finial, around the spouts and scattered around the body. Interior of the foot rim with chipped areas. Inspected under UV light. In fair condition.
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The present jar is unusual for the incised design of cross-combings  around each of the four tiers of the shoulder, although a jar of the same decorative pattern was sold in these rooms, 20th March 1976, lot 98. For other examples of funerary jars of this type see one illustrated in The Complete collects ion of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 106; and one included in Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, pl. 82.

See also a related cover with a similar seated dog finial, from the Avery Brundage collects ion in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, published in Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics, London, 1982, pl. 286; and another sold in our London rooms, 8th November 2006, lot 53, with a jar.