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THE PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG COLLECTOR

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A WHITE-GLAZED HUMAN-FORM
VESSEL, ZUN

SUI-EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-7TH CENTURY
The vessel is modelled in the form of a kneeling foreigner,
with characteristic almond-shaped eyes, prominent nose, and
high cheek bones. He is dressed in a long coat and a helmet-
like hat, holding in his arms a leather sack with a flower-shaped
mouth. It is covered overall with a finely crackled clear glaze
with a pale greenish tinge.

13 ¬ in. (34.5 cm.) high, box

HK$400,000-600,000US$52,000-78,000

PROVENANCE
A Hong Kong private collection, acquired in 1986
Vessels of this type represent foreigners of various ethnic
types, demonstrating the diversity and cosmopolitan nature
of the population of Tang dynasty China. A closely related
vessel in the shape of a foreigner with mustache and combed
hair was found in the tomb of Duan Boyang, dated to the
second year of Qianfeng (667), illustrated in the Zhongguo
chutu ciqi quanji (Complete Collection of Ceramic Art
Unearthed in China), Beijing, 2008, vol. 15: Shaanxi, p. 22.

隋/初唐 白釉胡人形尊

來源
香港私人收藏，入藏於1986年
隋唐帝國海納百川式的包容與大度可見於當日來到中國經商、
定居、學習的不同種族不同信仰的外國人士。如本件白釉胡
人形尊的一類胡人形陶瓷器就體現了這種高度國際化的社會
狀態。陝西省西安市唐乾封二年 (667年) 段伯陽墓出土有一件
類似的白釉人形壺，載於北京2008年出版《中國出土瓷器全
集》，卷15，22頁。

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