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A MOLDED SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY
PILGRIM’S FLASK
TANG DYNASTY
the flattened circular body resting on a spreading pedestal 173
foot and rising to a waisted neck and oblong galleried rim, A SANCAI AND BLUE-GLAZED POTTERY Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1981, pp 40-41). The use of
a pair of loop handles applied to the shoulders, each broad TRIPOD DISH supplementary motifs, contrasting glaze colors, and multiple
side molded with a figure dancing with a sash atop a base techniques allowed the potter a wide range of decorative
and flanked by curling scrollwork, set within a lobed frame, TANG DYNASTY possibilities.
all under vibrant splashes of green, amber, and cream the shallow rounded sides rising to a flat everted rim and
glazes, the base unglazed to reveal the buff body resting on three short cabriole legs, the center impressed A very similar dish is published in Regina Krahl, Chinese
Height 6¼ in., 15.8 cm with a cream, green, and amber-glazed hexalobed floral Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, vol. 3, pt. I,
2006, pl. 1271. Another, with a plain green rim, was included
medallion with interlocking petals centering another stylized
PROVENANCE bloom, the details accentuated in cobalt blue, all against a in the exhibition Spirit and Ritual: The Morse Collection
Acquired prior to 2000. splash-resist amber- and green-glazed ground, the base and of Ancient Chinese Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, 1982, cat. no. 54. For examples sold at auction,
Extant flasks molded with this dancing figure vary in glaze legs unglazed showing the pinkish body compare one sold in our London rooms, 1st-2nd April 1974,
color and in the forms of the neck and foot. A similarly Diameter 9½ in., 24 cm lot 26, and again 10th June 1986, lot 3; or a slightly larger
designed sancai-glazed flask with a punched ground and example with an additional band of florets at the cavetto,
floriform neck is in the collection of the Kunstmuseum Den PROVENANCE sold at Christie’s New York, 16th September 1999, lot 292.
Haag, illustrated in Beatrice Jansen, Chinese Ceramiek, Acquired prior to 2000.
The Hague, 1976, pl. 49. Another was excavated at Ganjing, The present dish combines decorative elements derived $ 40,000-60,000
Heyang County, and is now in the Heyang County Museum, from contemporaneous textiles and metalwork. Margaret
shown in Chen Anli, ed., Zhonghua guo bao: Tang sancai juan, Medley notes that motifs like wax-resist dots, as seen on
Xi’an, 1998, pl. 49. Compare also a green-glazed example, the rim and cavetto, developed out of Central Asian textile 唐 三彩加藍寶相花紋三足盤
illustrated in R.L. Hobson, The Catalogue of the George techniques such as tie-and-dye silks and fabrics with wax- 來源：
Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Korean, and Persian stenciled resist designs, while the impressed flowerhead at
Pottery and Porcelain, vol I, London, 1925, pl. 24, no. 162. the center was inspired by chased silver (see Medley, T’ang 得於2000年之前

$ 15,000-25,000
171
唐 三彩印樂舞圖扁壺

來源：
得於2000年之前

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A RARE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY BOTTLE VASE
TANG DYNASTY
resting on a spreading conical foot and surmounted by a
tall cylindrical neck flaring to a trumpet mouth, the ovoid
body with amber-glazed floral-and-foliate appliques against
a splash-resist green ground, the mouth with floriform
splashes, the base unglazed to reveal the buff pinkish body
Height 8 in., 20.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired prior to 2000.
A related vase, with three incised bow-string bands around
the neck, is in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum,
published in Sato Masahiko, et al., Ceramic Art of the World:
Sui and T’ang Dynasties, vol. 11, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 43. See also
one from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sedgwick,
included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art,
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935, cat. no. 2460, which
features a ribbed molded neck.
The result of Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescence
test no. C121j55 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

$ 20,000-30,000
唐 三彩貼花瓶

來源：
得於2000年之前
本品經牛津熱釋光檢測（編號C121j55），結果與其
172
年代相符

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