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A BLUE-GLAZED POTTERY JAR
TANG DYNASTY
of slightly compressed globular form tapering
to a flat base and rising to rounded shoulders
surmounted by a short neck and everted rim,
generously covered with dark blue glaze applied
in layered, broad splashes stopping unevenly
at an unglazed base revealing the pinkish buff
body, the interior with a thin pale yellow glaze
Height 8¼ in., 21 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-
1937).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
in memory of her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham
(1870-1920) in 1928 (acc. no. 1928.249).

$ 8,000-12,000
唐 藍釉罐

來源
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) 收藏
1928年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加
哥，以紀念其胞妹 Lucy Maud Buckingham
689
(1870-1920)，館藏編號1928.249

690

A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY JAR
TANG DYNASTY
the shouldered ovoid body tapering towards a
slightly spreading base and surmounted by a
short neck with lipped rim, liberally splashed
with a resist pattern of cascading layers of
merging rivulets of green and ocher on a white
ground, the glaze stopping unevenly above the
foot, the interior with a thin pale yellow glaze
Height 7⅝ in., 19.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-
1937).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
in memory of her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham
(1870-1920) in 1926 (acc. no. 1926.1591).

$ 20,000-30,000

唐 三彩罐
來源
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) 收藏
1926年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加
哥，以紀念其胞妹 Lucy Maud Buckingham 690
(1870-1920)，館藏編號1926.1591

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