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141 AN ENGLISH PRIVATE
COLLECTION OF EARLY
142 CERAMICS
56 | BONHAMS
LOTS 141-162 INCLUSIVE

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A GREEN-GLAZED JAR
Tang Dynasty
The beige pottery body smoothly turned rising
from a slightly flaring base and glazed a rich
green over the everted rim and down two-
thirds of the exterior, the interior with a pale
greenish speckled glaze, wood stand and
box. 23cm (9in) diam. (3).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY19,000 - 29,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000

Provenance
Purchased in 1982 from T.Y. King & Son ltd.,
Hong Kong (receipt)

142
A SANCAI MODEL OF A COW
Tang Dynasty
The bovine modelled with a large head and
standing four-square, the yellow, cream and
green lead glaze covering the entirety of the
moulded body, with an integral base. 15cm
(6in) high

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,700 - 12,000
HK$9,400 - 14,000

Provenance
Purchased on 7 October 1985 from Bluett &
Sons ltd. (receipt and label)

Exhibited
Kau Chi Society 1981, no.8 (label)

See a comparable part-glazed earthenware
ox excavated from the dated tomb of Princess
Yung Tai (d. 701) illustrated in Wenwu, 1964,
no. 1, p. 21, fig. 22. See another similar
model in I.L. Legeza, Malcom MacDonald
Collection of Chinese Ceramics, London
1972, pl. 9, no. 21.