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A RARE AND IMPORTANT BLUE AND EXHIBITED Ⓒġġġᶱ⼑⤛⛸ό
AMBER-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE Chugoku Kotoji To-So Meitoten [Chinese ࢝ᚎ
OF A COURT LADY ceramics. The exhibition of Tang-Song
masterworks], Japan Ceramic Society, Tokyo, ˪ᷕ⚥⎌昞䡩烉Ⓒ⬳⎵昞⯽˫炻㖍㛔昞䡩
TANG DYNASTY ⋼Ể炻㜙Ṕ炻1964⸜炻䶐嘇33
1964, cat. no. 33.
exquisitely modeled and brightly glazed, the Chugoku bijutsu ten series: Zui To no bijutsu ˪ᷕ⚥伶埻⯽ͯ΢ΰͲ烉昳Ⓒ̯伶埻˫炻
elegant young lady sitting demurely on a [Chinese art exhibition series. The art of the Sui ⌟3炻⣏旒ⶪ䩳伶埻棐炻⣏旒炻1976⸜炻
waisted stool, wearing a long, pleated skirt and Tang dynasty], vol. 3, Osaka Art Museum, 䶐嘇1焍200
of alternating blue and amber-glazed stripes Osaka, 1976, cat. no. 1~200. ̈و
ornamented with crisply impressed circular
LITERATURE ˪ᶾ䓴昞䡩ℐ普烉昳Ⓒ䭯˫炻ⶣ9炻
ß orets, the robe pooling at the base revealing
the amber-glazed soles of ‘triple-cloud’ slippers, Sekai Toji Zenshu Zui To Hen [Collection of 㜙Ṕ炻1961⸜炻⚾䇰110炷⎛炸
both hands demurely gathering the folds of the world’s ceramics. Sui and Tang], vol. 9, Tokyo, ˪昞䒟ℐ普烉Ⓒᶱ⼑˫炻⌟25炻
long deep blue and amber-glazed shawl draped 1961, pl. 110 (right). 㜙Ṕ炻1965⸜炻⚾䇰61
low over the shoulders and across the chest, Touki Zenshu, Tou Sansai [Complete works of
the gently rounded face with delicate features, Ceramics, Tang Sancai], vol. 25, Tokyo, 1965,
the hair parted in the center and bound up in an pl. 61.
elaborate knotted-bun set to either side, wood
stand, two Japanese wood boxes (5)
Height 11½ in., 29.3 cm
$ 500,000-700,000

The present lot illustrated in Chugoku bijutsu ten series: Zui To
no bijutsu [Chinese art exhibition series. The art of the Sui and
Tang dynasty], vol. 3, Osaka Art Museum, Osaka, 1976, cat.
no. 1~200
㛔㉵⑩䣢㕤˪ᷕ⚥伶埻⯽ͯ΢ΰͲ烉昳Ⓒ̯伶埻˫炻⌟3炻
⣏旒ⶪ䩳伶埻棐炻⣏旒炻1976⸜炻䶐嘇IJ焍200

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