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A RARE DOCUMENTARY GREY The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF GREY POTTERY
POTTERY RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND thermoluminescence test no.C109q46 GOOSE-HEAD BOTTLE VASES
COVER, DOU dated 12 May 2010, is consistent with the Han Dynasty
Western Jin Dynasty dating of this lot. Each vase standing on a slightly spreading
The circular base rising to a tall cylindrical base, rising to a large compressed globular
shaft with three tiers of ribbed bands, the Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測 body and elegantly slender neck terminating
spherical vessel with applied lug handles on 結果（2010年5月12日，編號C109q46）顯 in a goose head with beak and almond-
both the domed cover and base section, 示年代與本拍品年代一致。 shaped eyes, the top of the head forming
impressed archaistic inscription cartouche. the mouth.
46.5cm (18 1/4in) high. (2). The first three characters of the inscription The taller 34.5cm (13 5/8in) high. (2).
read Zuonan cheng (Zuonan city). Zuonan
£1,000 - 1,500 was founded by Sima Zhong (259-307 AD), £1,500 - 2,000
CNY9,000 - 14,000 the second emperor of the Jin dynasty (265- CNY14,000 - 18,000
420 AD). It was situated in Gansu Province, in
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No what was then Jinxing County. Please note this Lot is to be sold at
Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
The shape of the vessel is clearly based
西晉 陶高足豆 on bronzes of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, 漢 灰陶鵝首曲頸壺一對
see for example a similar archaic bronze
Provenance: J.T. Tai, New York, 1965 dou, illustrated by J.So, Eastern Zhou The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd.
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New York Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M.Sackler thermoluminescence test no.C201c90,
Collections, New York, 1995, p.191, fig.27.1. dated 8 January 2002, is consistent with
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: However, ceramic vessels inspired by archaic the dating of this lot. (one of pair)
3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the bronzes were also popular in the Warring
Arthur M.Sackler Collections, Israel Museum, States period and thereafter. For a related Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測
Jerusalem, 1987. pottery dou and cover, late Zhou dynasty, see 結果（2002年1月8日，編號C201c90）顯示
Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, The Charles B.Hoyt Collection, Boston, 1952, 年代與本拍品年代一致。（其一）
London, 2010, no.21. no.19.
See a single pottery goose-head vase, Han
來源：紐約古董商戴潤齋，1965年 dynasty, illustrated by Lu Yaw, et al., Spirit of
亞瑟·M.賽克勒博士（1913-1987年）舊藏 Han: Ceramics for the After-Life, Singapore,
1991, p.61. See another goose-head bottle
展覽著錄：《3500 Years of Chinese vase, Han dynasty, illustrated by R.Ward and
Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M.Sackler P.J.Fidler, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art:
Collections》，以色列博物館，耶路撒 A Handbook of the Collection, Kansas city,
冷，1987年 1993, no.286.
Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，
倫敦，2010年，編號21
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