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2300 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN UNUSUAL GREYISH-GREEN-GLAZED PORCELAIN BOTTLE 2301
SUI-TANG DYNASTY (AD 581-907) AN AMBER AND CREAM-GLAZED FIGURE OF A CAPARISONED
HORSE
The broad-shouldered, globular body is surmounted by a ridge and TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
band of eight upright petals at the base of a narrow, waisted neck that
rises to a compressed globular mouth. The bottle is covered with a The horse is well modeled standing foursquare on a rectangular base
crackled, transparent glaze of greyish-green tone over a white slip that with mouth open. The body is covered with a pale cream glaze, and
continues over the mouth rim and falls short of the solid foot. the mane, bridle and straps with amber glaze, while the saddle is
9Ω in. (24 cm.) high unglazed.
19º in. (49.4 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000
$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE:
In the United Kingdom prior to 1990.
隋/唐 灰青釉蒜頭瓶 Christie’s New York, 29 November 1991, lot 294.
146 The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 566y21 is consistent with
the dating of this lot.
唐 三彩陶馬
