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A RARE SANCAI-GLAZED AMPHORA
Tang dynasty
Potted with an ovoid body tapering towards the
base, supported on a flat foot, surmounted by a
slender waisted neck encircled by raised fillets,
flanked by a pair of curved double-strap handles
applied with bosses and terminating in dragon
heads biting the flaring galleried-rim, splashed with
green and amber over wax-resist spots, the glaze
ending in an irregular line over the incised lines
encircling the shoulder revealing the pinkish buff
body.
14 1/2in (36.8cm) high

US$5,000 - 7,000
唐 三彩雙龍耳盤口瓶

Provenance
Acquired New York City 1997

來源
1997年購於紐約

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd.
thermoluminescence test sample number C97g98 is
consistent with the dating of this lot.

Similar examples are illustrated in Suzanne G.
Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, 1989,
no. 58; and Toji Zenshu - To Sansai (Complete
Collection of Ceramics, Tang Sancai), vol. 25,
Japan, 1961, no. 8.

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A SANCAI GLAZED TRIPOD JAR
Tang dynasty
Potted with a compressed globular body,
surmounted by a short neck with an everted rim,
splashed with green and amber glaze running
over wax-resist spots, stopping in an irregular line
at the base to expose the pinkish buff body, the
interior coated with an amber-tinged clear glaze, all
supported on three lion paw-form feet.
8 3/4in (22.3cm) diameter

US$3,000 - 5,000

唐 三彩三足罐

Provenance
Acquired New York City, 1998

來源
1998年購於紐約

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