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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROGER E. COVEY
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TWO TANG STYLE SILVER CONTAINERS WITH PARCEL GILT AN ARCHAISTIC CARVED STONE JAR AND COVER
DECORATION Imitating Tang shapes with its compressed ovoid body above a canted
The first a gyroscopic censer of oval form with reticulated hinged foot and flat base, carved in relief with peony blossoms and leafy
walls and opposing panels of birds on a pounced ground, the tendrils along the walls and the cover centered with a buttoned knob
censer suspended on a partial chain and the interior fitted with a cup (earthen accretions, cover broken and re-stuck).
centering the ring balances (dents, surface oxidized); the second 8 1/4in (21cm) height including cover
a cylindrical box with flat base and convex cover chased with $2,000 - 3,000
symmetrical interlaced flowering branches forming an eight lobed
roundel at the center and a flower and leafy vine pattern encircling the 3004
walls picked out in gilt against a minutely pounced ground (earthen A BLUE GLAZED BUFF POTTERY FOOTED BOWL
accretions, extensive oxidation). Tang dynasty
2 3/8in (6cm) height of censer excluding chain Of compressed globular form with a flat rim along the swelling walls and
1 7/8in (4.8cm) diameter of box raised on a tall spreading foot, the interior covered with a straw glaze
$1,000 - 1,500 and the exterior covered with cobalt glaze stopping unevenly to expose
the buff clay fabric (chips, glaze degraded and possibly retouched).
3002 4 1/4in (11cm) maximum diameter
A GROUP OF TANG STYLE SILVER CONTAINERS WITH $3,000 - 5,000
PARCEL GILT DECORATION
The first a globular jar with heavy loop handle, flared rim and Provenance
conforming cover chased with roundels of birds and flowering bearing labels for Christie’s, New York, sale 9476, 21 September
branches picked out in gilt on a minutely pounced ground; the second 2000, lot 275
a shallow dish chased and gilt in a similar technique with birds, plants
and insects filling the rim flange and repeating as a roundel to the 3005
floor of the shallow well; the third a footed goblet chased and gilt in A PAIR OF POLYCHROME PAINTED POTTERY TOMB FIGURES
a similar technique with a hunting scene along the exterior walls; the Northern Wei dynasty
fourth a wide footed cup with raised beading and lotus petal reserves Each figure dressed in the layered armor and peaked helmet of a
in repoussé, the panels filled with birds, animals and flowering plants warrior as he stands resting his hands on a long sheathed weapon,
also picked out in gilt against the minute pounced ground (broken at the surfaces showing remains of white and carmine pigments (broken
the stem); the last a parcel gilt box in the shape of a hinged clam shell and re-stuck); now mounted in plexiglass display stands; together with
similarly chased with birds and leafy branches (some with earthen a Han horse head with remains of carmine and white pigment. [3]
accretions, patches of corrosion). [5] 14 1/2in (37cm) height of each warrior
5in (12.7cm) height of jar and cover 16in (40.7cm) height including stand
$2,000 - 3,000 $2,500 - 3,000
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