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A RARE SANCAI-GLAZED SEATED FOREIGNER-

FORM VESSEL

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

The seated foreigner is well-potted with one knee upright and the
other bent horizontally, his two arms cradling a large wine vessel
with a foliate mouth. His head is turned slightly to one side with
characterful features, including a large nose, bulging round eyes,
and his forehead tied around with a fillet. It is covered overall with
a crackled glaze with touches of green and amber splashed over a
cream ground.
4 Ω in. (12 cm.) high

HK$300,000-400,000 US$39,000-52,000

PROVENANCE

An English private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the
1980s

Sancai vessels of this rare type, depicting seated foreigners holding
wine vessels are among the most expressive pottery sculptures of the
Tang dynasty. The current figure is closely related to another seated
figure similarly holding a wine vessel in the Royal Ontario Museum
Collection, illustrated in Homage to Heaven, Homage to Earth: Chinese
Treasures of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1992, pl. 24

唐 三彩胡人抱酒囊俑
來源
3114 英國私人收藏，於1980年代購自香港

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A SMALL SANCAI-GLAZED GLOBULAR JAR

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

With a potting groove encircling the shoulder and
incurved outh rim, the jar is splash-glazed in green, amber
and cream glazes ending in an irregular line above the very
slightly concave base to expose the fine buff ware. The
interior is unglazed.
4 º in. (10.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

HK$80,000-120,000
US$11,000-16,000

PROVENANCE

Tokodo Antiques, Tokyo, acquired in 1989

唐 三彩小罐
來源
古美術東湖堂，東京，1989年

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