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A VERY RARE BLUE AND SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A WOMAN HOLDING A
GOOSE-FORM VESSEL

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

The young woman is shown seated in a half cross-legged position on a rockwork stool while
holding in her arms a goose-form vessel ftted with a rhinoceros horn cup-form stopper. She
wears a tunic splash-glazed in blue, amber and cream glazes that covers the right shoulder,
while the left sleeve is tucked under the belt in back. The head and chest are unglazed. The
round face is modeled with soft, delicate features detailed in black, red and pink pigments, and
the hair, which is worn in two loops, is painted black.
11æ in. (29.8 cm.) high, wood stand, box
$250,000-350,000

PROVENANCE

Mayuyama, Tokyo, Japan.
Private collection, Kyoto.
Eskenazi Ltd., London, January 1986.

EXHIBITED

Tokyo, Japan, Mitsukoshi Department Store, 1962.

LITERATURE

Masahiko Sato, Chinese Clay Figures, 1965, no. 129.
Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976. vol. 1, no. 1.

唐 藍釉三彩抱鵝瓶女俑

The present fgure illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976.
vol. 1, no. 195.

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