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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF CHAO SZE KWONG GEORGE
A MARBLED SANCAI PILLOW
TANG DYNASTY
decorated to the top with floral roundels and applied with a
transparent russet-coloured glaze, the unglazed base revealing
a reddish-burned earthenware body
12.5 cm, 4⅞ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999), and thence by descent in
the family.
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,400
Compare a similar marbled porcelain pillow of the Tang
dynasty, unearthed in 1975 at Gaolong Wangcha Gully in
Yanshi, now preserved in the collection of Yanshi Shangcheng
Museum, Henan province, illustrated on the Henan Museum
website.
唐 三彩花卉紋枕
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來源：
趙從衍（1912-1999年）收藏，此後家族傳承

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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG COLLECTION
A SMALL CARVED DINGYAO ‘FISH’ BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
the interior deftly incised and carved with a pair of fish
swimming amid waves, the exterior encircled by a double-line
border around the midsection, applied overall with an ivory-
tinged glaze
11.7 cm, 4⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).
HK$ 120,000-150,000
US$ 15,400-19,200
See a larger bowl with similar incised and carved ‘twin fish’
decoration in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 56.

北宋 定窰白釉刻雙魚紋小盌
來源：
趙從衍（1912-1999年）收藏

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