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A BLACK SICHUAN POTTERY AMPHORA
Han Dynasty
Burnished black pottery, of pear form with a vertically incised band
around the neck beneath a lozenge-shaped opening at the mouth,
with two loop handles resolving into four raised scrolls on the body,
each handle with three circular bosses, with a flat circular foot rim
and recessed foot.
7in (17.75cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
漢 黑陶雙耳壺

Provenance
J.J Lally & Co., New York, August 2005

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A RELIEF-MOLDED GRAY POTTERY TILE OF A DRUMMER
Song-Jin Dynasty
The rectangular tile of baked unglazed buff pottery, molded in high
relief, the flower adorned figure beating a drum on a stand.
13 3/4in (35cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000
宋至金 淺浮雕擊鼓灰陶磚

Provenance
J.J Lally & Co., New York, August 2011

For further discussion of entertainers on pottery tiles see Robert
Maeda “Some Sung, Chin, and Yuan representations of actors”
Artibus Asiae, Vol XLI, 2/3, pp. 132-156; and James C.Y. Watt, The
Word of Kublai Khan, Chinese Art in the Yuan Dyansty, New York,
2010, pp. 52-58.

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