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A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY BIRD-FORM OIL PROVENANCE
LAMP New England Private Collection, acquired prior to the mid
TANG DYNASTY 1960s.
Harlan J. Berk Ltd., Chicago.
molded as a plump-bodied recumbent bird with its neck
Compare related bird-form sancai-glazed oil lamps, including
arched over the opening between the feather-molded wings one in the British Museum illustrated in Oriental Ceramics.
to grasp a lobed ß ower-form opening to support the wick,
The World’s Great Collections, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 27, and
the body crisply molded with foliate decoration and feathers
another from the Georges deBatz collection sold at Christie’s
on a granulated ground, all beneath an amber and green-
New York, 30th November 1983, lot 314.
splashed glaze stopping irregularly above the base to reveal
the bu# pink body, the interior unglazed $ 20,000-30,000
Length 4¾ in., 11.9 cm
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