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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES E. BREECE, III
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A LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY TRIPOD CENSER A VERY RARE PAINTED CIZHOU ZHANG FAMILY ‘TIGER’ PILLOW
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
The rounded body is raised on three paw feet and incised with double lines on The top of the pillow is painted in black on a white slip ground with a lobed
the shoulder, all beneath a creamy glaze splashed with ochre, yellow and green panel enclosing a seated tiger with head turned to the side, and the sides with
glazes streaking unevenly below the ochre-glazed, waisted neck and everted a band of foliate scroll, all under a clear glaze. The base is impressed with a
rim. three-character maker’s mark, Zhang jia zao (Made by the Zhang family).
6æ in. (17.1 cm.) high 12º in. (31.2 cm.) wide
$20,000-30,000 $25,000-35,000
宋/金 白地黑花虎紋枕 「張家造」三字印款
PROVENANCE
Kaikodo, New York, 2000, no. FI 2324.
EXHIBITED
New York, Kaikodo, In the Eye of the Beholder, 2000.
LITERATURE
Kaikodo, In the Eye of the Beholder, 2000, no.64.
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. C100q87 is consistent
with the dating of this lot.
唐 三彩三足爐

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