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A RARE AND LARGE LIGHT-GREEN-GLAZED JAR AND COVER With a stupa-like cover, this type of jar was called by Chinese scholars
Tang Dynasty yingping which refers to a big jar with small mouth and globular body,
Of ovoid form, rising from a flat base to broad rounded shoulders usually serving as a wine container. Flower-head appliques were
before narrowing to a short gently tapering neck with wide rolled popular ornaments and can be widely found on sancai stonewares
mouth-rim, the shoulder applied with six flower-head medallions, all of the Tang dynasty, see a similar decoration on a sancai jar, Tang
covered beneath an iridescent light-green glaze, the domed cover dynasty, in the collection of Seikado Bunko Art Museum, Tokyo,
similarly glazed, surmounted by a large lotus-bud finial. illustrated by Masahiko Sato in Ceramic Art of the World, vol.11, Tokyo,
49.5cm (19 1/2in) high. (2). 1976, p.67, pl.48. Compare with the similar texture of glaze on a vase
with handles, Tang dynasty, which is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in
£15,000 - 25,000 the Idemitsu Collection, 1987, pl.22.
CNY130,000 - 220,000
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test
唐 淡青釉帶蓋罌瓶 no.C118j34, dated 1 August 2018, is consistent with the dating of
this lot.
Provenance:
The Fen Wen Tang Collection, Hong Kong, 2006
Gisèle Croës Arts D’Extreme Orient, Brussels, 2008 此器肩上貼塑團花紋作飾，而此類紋飾多見於唐代三彩陶瓷之上。詳
Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection 見東京靜嘉堂文庫美術館所藏一件唐代三彩貼花紋萬年壺，器身飾有
貼塑團花紋，載於《世界陶瓷全集：隋、唐》，第11冊，東京，1976
來源： 年，頁67，圖48。另外比對出光美術館所藏一尊唐代白瓷龍耳瓶，其
香港奉文堂舊藏，2006年 釉色與本器相似，載於《出光美術館藏品圖錄》，1987年，圖22。
布魯塞爾古董商吉賽爾藝廊，2008年
歐宗易先生舊藏 Oxford Authentication Ltd.公司熱釋光檢測結果（2018年8月1日，編
號C118j34）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。

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