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The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd.
thermoluminescence test no.P106q12 dated 27
June 2006, is consistent with the dating of this
lot. (white-glazed jar)

Oxford Authentication Ltd.公司熱釋光檢測結果
（2006年6月27日，編號P106q12）顯示年代與本
拍品年代一致。(白釉蓋罐)

Compare with a related white-glazed ewer, of similar
shape to the green-glazed vessel in the present
lot, Tang dynasty, illustrated in Empty Vessel,
Replenished Minds: The Culture, Practice, and the
Art of Tea, Taipei, 2002, p.26, no.2, where it is noted
that ewers of this type were used for brewing and
pouring tea during the Tang dynasty and early Song
dynasty. For an example of a green-glazed ewer,
see R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
Collection, vol.1, London, 1994, no.280.

91 89
A RARE CREAM-GLAZED TWO-HANDLED
AMPHORA VASE
Tang Dynasty
The well-rounded ovoid body rising from a flat foot,
surmounted by a tall waisted neck and everted
lipped rim, flanked by a pair of curved strap handles
terminating in dragon heads biting the cup-shaped
rim, the shoulder applied with embossed rosettes
above finely-incised horizontal bands, a parrot-
decorated pottery plaque fixed to the neck and a
small rosette to the mouth, the buff earthenware
covered with a creamy-white slip beneath a
greenish-white glaze stopping irregularly around the
body.
48.2cm (19in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

唐 白釉雙龍耳瓶
90
Provenance: Hans Peters
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 2003

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: R.Keverne,
Winter Exhibition, London, 2003, no.27.

來源：Hans Peters舊藏
倫敦古董商埃斯卡納齊，2003年

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2003年，編號27

See a closely-related vessel, Tang dynasty,
illustrated in Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties:
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, pp.172-173, no.159.
See another example, in The Charles B.Hoyt
Collection, Boston, 1964, p.33, no.129; another
example illustrated by M.Feddersen, Chinese
Decorative Art: A Handbook for Collectors and
Connoisseurs, Michigan, 1961, p.54, fig.25, in
the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum,
London; see another example illustrated by Y.Mino,
Pre-Sung Dynasty Chinese Stonewares in the Royal
Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1974, p.32, no.19;
Zhongguo Wenwu Jinghua Da Quan (Ceramics
volume), no.239, p.245, now in the collection of
the Shaanxi History Museum; and an example in
R.L.Hobson, The Eumorfopoulos Collection, vol.1,
London, 1936, no.325, pl.XLVIII.

See a related large straw-glazed amphora, Tang
dynasty, which was sold at Christie’s New York, 14
September 2018, lot 1272. 91

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