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A MINIATURE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY JAR A DAPPLED BLUE-AND-AMBER-GLAZED BOX
TANG DYNASTY AND COVER
of diminutive size, the spherical body resting on a short foot TANG DYNASTY
and surmounted by a tapering cylindrical neck, the shoulder of circular section, the exterior mottled with attractive blue
applied with four loop handles interspersed with four floral and amber glaze splashes stopping just above the foot
medallions, the upper half of the vessel liberally splashed revealing the cream-colored body (2)
with green, amber, and clear glazes, the lower half unglazed, Diameter 2½ in., 6.4 cm
revealing the buff pinkish body
Height 2⅜ in., 5.8 cm PROVENANCE
Acquired prior to 2000.
PROVENANCE
Acquired prior to 2000. $ 8,000-12,000
$ 3,000-5,000
唐 三彩加藍蓋盒
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唐 三彩貼花四繫小罐 來源：
得於2000年之前
來源：
得於2000年之前

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A RARE AMBER-GLAZED MARBLED POTTERY A SANCAI AND BLUE-GLAZED POTTERY BOX
TRIPOD JAR AND COVER AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY TANG DYNASTY
the globular vessel resting on three cabriole legs, rising to of flattened circular form, the cover with seven cream-
an everted mouth supporting a domed cover with a central and-amber dapples reserved against a cobalt-blue ground,
knop, the clay marbled with twisting bands of irregular dark the sides of the cover and box both splashed with cream
brown striations, all under a deep amber glaze save for the and amber glazes, the interior of the box cream-glazed,
interior of the cover revealing the beige body (2) the interior of the cover and the base of the box unglazed
Height 4¼ in., 10.8 cm revealing the pinkish clay (2)
Diameter 2½ in., 6.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired prior to 2000. PROVENANCE
Known in Chinese as jiao tai, marbled wares were first Acquired prior to 2000.
created in the Tang dynasty by twisting and kneading
together different colored clays. Fragments of marbled $ 8,000-12,000
wares have been unearthed at the Gongxian kilns at Huangye
in Gongyi, Henan province, as illustrated in Three-Colour 唐 三彩加藍蓋盒
Glazed Pottery Kilns of the Tang Dynasty at Huangye, Beijing,
2000, col. pl. 71, no. 9; as well as at the Liquanfang kilns 來源： 177
in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, as published in The Kiln Site of 得於2000年之前
Tricolor-Glazed Pottery at Liquanfang in Chang’an Capital
City of Tang Dynasty, Beijing, 2008, pl. 39.
A similar tripod jar and cover is illustrated in Tseng Hsien-
Ch’i and Robert Paul Dart, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection
in the Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, vol. 1, New York, 1964,
pl. 114. A straw-glazed example without its cover was sold
in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd May 1994, lot 1. Another, with
additional green splashes, was sold at Christie’s New York,
20th March 2001, lot 134.
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$ 30,000-40,000

唐 琥珀釉絞胎三足蓋爐
來源：
得於2000年之前

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