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DONGXI STUDIO 1488
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE BELGIAN
COLLECTION

1488

A GREEN-GLAZED RED POTTERY HILL
JAR AND COVER
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

The cylindrical jar is raised on three bear
supports and molded around the exterior
with a hunting scene of fgures and various
animals between a pair of molded mask and
ring handles, and the cover is molded with
mountain peaks interspersed with further
animals surrounding a central peak. The
exterior of each is covered in a rich green
glaze, and the interior of the jar with a
yellowish glaze streaked in green and with
green glaze pooled on the bottom.
8¿ in. (20.7 cm.) high

$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE

B. K. Wong, Hong Kong, 22 May 1987.

漢 綠釉博山蓋狩獵紋樽

1489

A STRAW-GLAZED STONEWARE
AMPHORA
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

The vessel has a pair of double-strap ‘dragon’
handles applied with bosses that rise from
the rounded shoulder and terminate in a
dragon head biting the rim, and is covered
with a fnely crackled, transparent glaze of
blue-green tone that falls on the body in an
irregular line exposing the stoneware body.
14º in. (36.3 cm.) high

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

Galeri H. Van de Stean, Aalst, Belgium, 1985.

唐 白釉雙龍耳瓶

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