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CERAMICS
EARLY CERAMICS
PROPERTY FROM THE XANADU GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, PROPERTY FROM THE XANADU GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA
2206 2209
A NEOLITHIC BLACK AND RED PAINTED POTTERY JAR A PAINTED POTTERY FUNERARY MODEL OF A HORSE
Majiayao culture, Banshan phase (2,600-2,300 BCE) Tang dynasty
Formed with a flared rim to the short neck and a pair of loop handles Subtly molded with its head turned to the left, its ears pricked and
on a body of compressed globular form tapering sharply onto the flat its braided tail raised as it stands at momentary rest on a rectangular
base, the curving shoulder painted in crimson red and black with saw- plinth, the coat colored in carmine with a white stripe along the mane,
tooth bands of spirals enclosing four oval reserves filled with cross- the saddle and saddle blanket picked out in orange and black on a
hatched patterns (burial deposits, repaired rim). buff colored ground (chips, repaired).
15 1/8in (38.3cm) high 15 1/4in (38.7cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000 15 1/2in (39.4cm) long
$4,000 - 6,000
2207
A GROUP OF FOUR PAINTED POTTERY JARS Oxford Authentication Ltd. Thermoluminescence Test sample No.
Neolithic period C198z3, dated 18 September 1998, is consistent with the dating
The largest a two-handled jar of inverted pear form with a flared neck, of this lot.
painted in black with four cross-hatched circular reserves set within
dissolved spiral lines; the second a long necked jar with flared rim and two 2210
handles on the compressed ovoid body, painted in red and black with A SANCAI GLAZED POTTERY TRAY
a zig-zag pattern on the canted shoulder; the third a jar with opposing Liao dynasty
flanges on the cylindrical neck, two handles on the body of compressed Of elongated quatrelobed form with molded leaf scrolls filling the
globular form painted with a spiral design in red and black pigments; the wide rim flange, the flat base impressed with a pattern of flower
smallest a jar with two loop handles joining the rim of the flared neck to heads on water ripples and the surfaces colored in amber, green
the shoulder of the compressed globular body painted with red and black and transparent enamels over a white gesso layer that continues
patterns (all with chips, possible repairs, burial deposits). onto the exterior walls and portions of the flat base spotted with
14 5/8 to 4in (37 to 10cm) high green enamel patches on the rosy-buff colored clay fabric (chips,
$1,000 - 1,500 glazes degraded, burial deposits).
10 1/2in (26.7cm) long
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER $1,000 - 1,500
2208 PROPERTY FROM THE EMMANUEL GRAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A CELADON GLAZED RECUMBENT RAM
Eastern Jin dynasty, 4th century 2211
Its body incised with wing-like forms above the four legs turned under, A GROUP OF MINIATURE POTTERY MODELS OF ANIMALS
its head incised with the character wang and a circular hole made in AND CONTAINERS
front of the curving horns, the translucent olive green glaze unevenly Song dynasty and later
applied and displaying some opalescent bluish-white patches, the Including eighteen models of varied barnyard animals including dogs,
unglazed base burnt dark cinnamon brown (glaze degraded). sheep, pigs, horses and unidentified creatures; seven miniature
8 1/4in (21cm) long vessels of varied shapes and a pair of miniature rattles; all rendered in
$1,000 - 1,500 varied glazes and colored clays (losses, burial adhesions). [26]
3in (7.6cm) diameter of largest vessel
For a similar opalescent bluish white deposit in a the celadon glaze $800 - 1,200
of a fourth century chicken-headed ewer in the Asian Art Museum of
San Francisco, see He Li, Chinese Ceramics: a New Comprehensive Due to the large number of pieces in this lot, condition reports and
Survey, 1996, no. 103, pp. 82 and 116. photos of individual pieces will not be provided.
A similar ram of slightly smaller size (14.5cm long) is in the collection PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
of the Royal Ontario Museum, listed as a proto-Yue candlestick,
Eastern Jin Dynasty, early-mid 4th century, ROM#992.131.1 - Dr. 2212
Herman Herzog Levy Fund. See also the ram with brown wash details A PAINTED POTTERY TOMB FIGURE OF A WARRIOR
excavated in 1980 at the Jianbi Brick and Tile Factory, Dantu County, Tang dynasty
Zhenjiang City, published in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji, vol. 7: Dressed in a close-fitting helmet, shoulder guards shaped as fantastic
Jiangsu Shanghai, 2008, no. 64, p. 53 (as early Yue ware, Eastern Jin heads and an elaborately molded breastplate worn over his short tunic
dynasty, 16cm long). as he stands with his right hand lowered and left hand raised on a low
octagonal plinth, the surfaces showing remains of black, carmine and
green pigments over gesso (repaired, retouched); now attached to a
painted wood base.
23in (58.5cm) height of figure
24in (61cm) height including stand
$2,000 - 3,000
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