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A RARE OLIVE-GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY FLASK A WHITE GLAZED POTTERY FLASK
Liao dynasty Liao dynasty
Molded to resemble leather prototypes, expanding in width towards Molded to resemble leather prototypes, expanding in width towards
the base, with raised beaded edges resembling seams, each side the base, the edges pinched to resemble seams, the top edge
impressed with a truncated floral medallion with carved details, the modeled with an oval spout with an everted rim and a ruyi-shaped
spout with a lipped-rim, the handle modeled in the form of a dragon, flange with raised border, pierced with a suspension hole, covered
covered overall with an olive-green glaze thinning in areas to reveal an overall with a white slip beneath a clear glaze, the slightly concave foot
orange earthenware body. unglazed revealing the white clay body.
11 1/4in (28.6cm) high 10 1/4in (26cm) high

US$3,000 - 5,000 US$7,000 - 9,000

遼 綠釉龍柄皮囊壺 遼 白釉皮囊壺

Provenance Provenance
Acquired New York City, September 1998 Acquired New York City, June 1999

來源 來源
1999年11月購於紐約 1999年6月購於紐約

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test
sample number P198z40 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

A similar flask excavated from a Liao dynasty tomb is illustrated in
Ryo no toji (Liao Dynasty Ceramics), Heihonsha, Tokyo, 1960, p. 9,
fig. 10; and another is illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan
Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, pp. 390-91, no. 177.
Another similar Liao dynasty example was sold at Christie’s New York,
22 March 2019, lot 1736.
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