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A HENAN BLACK-GLAZED SAUCER-
DISH
Jin Dynasty
The wide shallow dish with gently rounded
sides, covered in a lustrous thick black glaze,
thinning at the rim to russet tones and pooling
irregularly around the exterior, the base
unglazed revealing the pale buff-stoneware
body.
13.6cm (5 3/8in) diam.

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 53,000

金 河南窯黑釉小盤

Notable for its lustrous dark glaze, the present
dish is a refined example of wares produced
at numerous kilns in Henan Province.

Dark-glazed, high-fired ceramic vessels were
highly regarded as solid, practical wares.
Their production began during the Tang
dynasty and rapidly spread throughout China.
The development of black wares during
the Northern Song period appears to have
been inspired by contemporaneous plain
lacquerware, and different kilns developed
their own styles. Compare with a related
black-glazed dish, Jin dynasty, from the British
Museum, London, acc.no.1911,1025.14.

218
A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A
FOREIGN GROOM
Tang Dynasty
The figure standing wearing long robes tied
at the waist with a fabric belt suspending
a pouch and fly whisk, open at the chest
revealing orange under-robes, the hair
neatly parted and tidily framing the face,
one arm held above the waist and the other
outstretched to hold a rein.
26.5cm (10 1/2in) high.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

唐 陶胎彩繪胡人俑

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd.
thermoluminescence test no.666d28,
dated 2 July 1992, is consistent with the
dating of this lot.

217 (two views) Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測
結果（1992年7月2日，編號666d28）顯示年
代與本拍品年代一致。

The Tang dynasty represents a golden age
in Chinese history when the Empire was at
its largest and trading networks extended to
distant faraway places bringing exotic foreign
merchants, mercenaries and missionaries.
Foreign grooms leading horses or camels are
typical of the period. See for example, several
various pottery foreign grooms, Tang dynasty,
illustrated in Tao yong: Xi’an wenwu jinghua,
Xi’an, 2014, nos.156-163.

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