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A RARE AND LARGE BLUE AND STRAW-GLAZED 唐 藍釉罐
BALUSTER JAR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907) 罐唇口，短束頸，豐肩圓腹，器身下斂出瓶底，罐外施藍釉，罐身施釉
不到底。罐內則施以褐釉，並有數筆綠釉點綴。
The high-shouldered body tapering to a slightly everted foot and
flat base, with shallow waisted neck and lipped rim. The exterior 來源
covered with a rich dark blue glaze falling short of the foot to 1996 年 3 月 10 日購於香港
reveal the buff pottery, the interior covered with a straw glaze of
pale amber tone speckled in green glaze. 出光美術館藏有一件相似例，載於《出光美術館藏品圖錄：中國陶磁》，
10 ¡ in. (26.3 cm.) high, box 東京，1987 年，編號 25。
HK$500,000-800,000 US$65,000-100,000 此器經牛津熱釋光測年法檢測（測試編號 C117g87；2017 年 8 月 14 日），
證實與本圖錄之定年符合。
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 10 March 1996
A similar example with a cover, is in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts,
illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987,
pl. 25.
The result of Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test no.
C117g87 (14 August 2017) is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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