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PROPERTY OF A LADY See a closely related example in the Shaanxi History
AN EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND SANCAI- Museum, Xi’an (accession no. 九一511). Compare also
GLAZED POTTERY MONEY CHEST another similar blue-splashed and sancai-glazed money
chest sold in these rooms, 18th-19th March 2014, lot 183.
TANG DYNASTY
The dating of this piece is consistent with the result of a
the rectangular box raised on four legs, the upper legs thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., no.
applied with amber-glazed bosses imitating nails and painted C113B6.
with blue dapples, the sides of the chest glazed amber and
punctuated with blue-glazed lion-mask roundels and a loop ⊖ $ 25,000-35,000
for a lock, the top surface of the chest ornately decorated
with a broad central section glazed green and with a large 唐 三彩加藍錢櫃
polychrome trefoil in reserve and a hinged amber-glazed
cover opening to an inner chamber, the central section 來源：
flanked on either side by a register of three carved blossoms 香港舊藏
splashed with blue, amber, and cream glazes, the edges
applied with two horizontal flanges also glazed in blue and Mandala Fine Arts，香港，2010年
amber 本品經牛津釋光檢測（編號C113B6），結果與其年
Length 6⅛ in., 15.6 cm 代相符
PROVENANCE
Old Hong Kong Collection.
Mandala Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 2010.

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PROPERTY FROM THE ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY LITERATURE
TWO PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES OF Andrew C. Ritchie, Catalogue of the Paintings and Sculpture
LOKAPALA in the Permanent Collection, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo,
TANG DYNASTY 1949, p. 212, no. 215.
Steven A. Nash, with Katy Kline, Charlotta Kotik and Emese
each supported by a rocky plinth, standing defiantly atop a Wood, Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Painting and Sculpture from
vanquished demon with one foot on the demon’s abdomen Antiquity to 1942, Buffalo, 1979, pp 88-89.
and the other actively suppressing the demon’s head, the
arms accentuating the drama with one hand raised grasping $ 15,000-20,000
a now-lost weapon and the other dynamically positioned at
the opposite side, the muscular body clad in pointed boots, 唐 陶加彩天王俑兩尊
greaves, and multiple tunics beneath military armor, the
broad grimacing face framed by an elaborate helmet topped 來源：
by a phoenix feather, one figure painted in remarkable detail Arthur B. Michael 收藏（1942年遺贈）
in polychrome and with traces of gilt to the armor, the other
figure with scattered traces of white slip and polychrome 奧爾布賴特-諾克斯美術館收藏，水牛城，紐約，編
against the red biscuit (2) 號1942:16.54及1942:16.55
Height of taller 29 in., 73.7 cm
出版：
PROVENANCE Andrew C. Ritchie，《Catalogue of the Paintings and Sculp-
Collection of Arthur B. Michael (bequest of 1942). ture in the Permanent Collection》，Albright Art Gallery，
Collection of Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 水牛城，1949年，頁212，編號215
nos 1942:16.54 and 1942:16.55. Steven A. Nash、Katy Kline、Charlotta Kotik 及 Emese
Wood，《Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Painting and Sculpture
from Antiquity to 1942》，水牛城，1979年，頁88-89

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