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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
Lots 11 - 12

11
AN AMBER-GLAZED AMPHORA
Tang Dynasty
The baluster body rising to a rounded shoulder
surmounted by a tall waisted neck and everted
lipped rim, flanked by a pair of curved strap handles
terminating in dragon heads biting the cup-shaped
rim, splashed with an amber glaze stopping
irregularly and exposing the unglazed lower body.
38.5cm (15 1/8in) high.

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000

唐 褐釉雙龍盤口尊

Provenance: Bluett and Sons Ltd., London,
27 November 1989
A distinguished English private collection

來源：1989年11月27日，購於倫敦Bluett and
Sons Ltd.
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A related amphora, Tang dynasty, is in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and is
illustrated by S.G.Valenstein, A Handbook of
Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, pl.64. Another
is illustrated by R.Y.Lefebvre d’Argence, The Hans
Popper Collection of Oriental Art, San Francisco,
1973, pl.50.

12
AN AMBER-GLAZED BOWL
Tang Dynasty
Finely potted with deep ridged sides rising to a 11
slightly everted rim, covered except the base in a
rich honey-brown glaze pooling in the interior and
around the foot.
19cm (7 1/2in) diam.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000
唐 褐釉盌

Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter
Exhibition, London, 2006, no.31.
A distinguished English private collection

來源：2006年購於倫敦Roger Keverne Ltd.，
「冬季展覽」，編號31
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The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd.
thermoluminescence test no.C100b87 dated 4 12
February 2000, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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