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A GREEN, YELLOW, AUBERGINE
AND CREAM-GLAZED CENSER

17TH CENTURY

The exterior is applied with the Eight Daoist
Immortals on a textured ground interrupted by
two lion-mask handles, all splashed with cream,
green, aubergine and yellow glaze between
green-glazed borders.
3¬ in. (9.4 cm.) diam.

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Mary Stillman Harkness (1874-1952)
Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1950.

明末清初 素三彩八仙紋獅耳爐

來源
Mary Stillman Harkness（1874-1952）珍藏。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1950年。

&844

A PAIR OF SANCAI EQUESTRIAN-
FORM ROOF TILES

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

Each rider, shown wearing long, loose-ftting

green-glazed robes, is seated astride a cream-

glazed caparisoned horse, its mane and tail

splashed with green-glaze and its molded

trappings highlighted in amber.

10¿ in. (25.6 cm.) wide (2)

$1,200-1,600

PROVENANCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1912 (anonymous gift).

明 三彩騎馬男像瓦一對

來源
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1912年。

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