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AN UNUSUAL GREEN-GLAZED RED POTTERY MODEL AN AMBER AND CREAM-GLAZED FIGURE OF A
OF AN YI AND LADLE CAPARISONED HORSE
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220) TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The bowl has deep sides that are somewhat pinched into an oblong The horse is well modeled standing foursquare on a rectangular
shape and a short arched handle that projects from the rim on one base with mouth open. The body is covered with a pale cream glaze,
side. The ladle, which is fused by glaze to the interior, has a similar, and the mane, bridle and straps with amber glaze, while the saddle
but longer curved handle, and the bowl and ladle are covered is unglazed.
overall with a green glaze that has degraded extensively to a
silvery iridescence. 19º in. (49.4 cm.) high
7√ in. (20 cm.) wide $10,000-15,000
$1,000-1,500 PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Christie’s New York, 27 November 1991, lot 294.
Acquired in New York, June 1990. The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 566y21 is
consistent with the dating of this lot.
東漢 綠釉盌及勺
唐 三彩馬
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