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(detail)

87 ¤
AN IRIDESCENT GREEN-GLAZED JAR, HU 來源：
Han Dynasty George Blumenthal 遺贈，1941 年
The rounded body with triple-bowstring bands at the midsection and 出借紐約市長官邸 Gracie Masion，1942-1950 年
the lower neck dividing unusually crisply molded taotie-mask handles 大都會藝術博物館，1941 年迄今
with rings centered by rice-grain pattern imitating Han jade carved
discs, the tall waisted neck with shallow everted cup-shaped mouth. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection contains two very similar
14 1/2in (36.8cm) high hu (acc. nos. 29.100.168 and 29.100.170), bequeathed by Mrs.
H. O. Havemeyer in 1929. The latter is illustrated by Julia Meech in
$1,000 - 2,000 the chapter ‘The Other Havemeyer Passion: Collecting Asian Art’,
in Splendid Legacy, The Havemeyer Collection, The Metropolitan
漢 綠釉鋪首耳陶壺 Museum of Art, New York, 1993, p.148, pl.143.
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 Another of smaller size, formerly in the Oscar C. Raphael Collection,
is illustrated by R. L. Hobson and A. L. Hetherington, The Art of the
Provenance: Chinese Potte, New York, 1923, pl.I.
Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
On loan to Gracie Mansion from 1942 to 1950
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941-present

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