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PROPERTY OF A LADY PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE PROVENANCE
COLLECTION
A LARGE FAHUA JAR Formerly in the Highfield Jones Collection.
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY A FIGURE OF A SANCAI-GLAZED Sotheby’s London, 8th July 1975, lot 54.
the robustly potted baluster body rising from HARNESSED HORSE Sotheby’s London, 10th December 1985,
lot 101.
a gently splayed foot to a rounded shoulder TANG DYNASTY Thence in the family by descent.
surmounted by a short neck and a lipped rim. standing four square on a base, its harnessed
boldly decorated to the body with two scenes head turned sideways, ears pricked, the long ‡ £ 20,000-30,000
of the Daoist philosopher Laozi setting off on mane parted at the forelock and falling to HK$ 206,000-308,000 US$ 26,200-39,300
his donkey and transmitting his teachings, one side, covered in a straw-coloured glaze
between lotus lappets at the base and ruyi and matching the docked and bound tail, the 唐 三彩馬
panels enclosing anbaxian emblems, the green-glazed saddle gathered at the sides,
neck rendered with further stylised clouds, all the saddlecloth splashed in green, chestnut 來源
reserved on a dark blue-glazed ground, the and straw and hung from straps moulded with Highfield Jones 舊藏
interior glazed green, wood cover and stand straw-coloured florettes suspending green 倫敦蘇富比1975年7月8日，編號54
(4) tassels, the body glazed in a rich dark chestnut 倫敦蘇富比1985年12月10日，編號101
32.3 cm, 12¾ in. trickling over straw-glazed hooves on the
unglazed base 此後家族傳承
£ 10,000-15,000 Length 53.5 cm, 21 in.
HK$ 103,000-154,000 US$ 13,100-19,700
明十六世紀 琺華老子騎爐圖罐

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