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PROPERTY FROM XANADU GALLERY,
SAN FRANCISCO
3303
A GREEN GLAZED POTTERY HU WITH
MOLDED DECORATION
Han dynasty
Its neck accented along the exterior rim with a decoration (chips, soil encrustations); the
raised band, the shoulder of the compressed
globular body molded in raised relief with a
row of rampant animals separating a pair
of animal head and mock ring handles,
the green glaze stopping unevenly along
the outside edge of the otherwise flat and
unglazed base (repaired and repainted).
12 1/4in (31cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500
3304
A GREEN GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF
A HOUSE
Han dynasty
Constructed as two stories below a peaked
roof, the front base supported by two bears
(chips, repairs, retouched).
18in (46cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500
3305
A GREEN AND AMBER GLAZED
POTTERY JAR
Han dynasty
The interior of the wide cupped rim colored
with amber glaze and all the exterior surfaces
with a leaf green glaze, the glaze also
covering the raised string bands and rows
of impressed stiff leaves encircling the neck,
shoulder and widest part of the compressed
globular body (repaired and retouched).
12 1/4in (31cm) high
$1,200 - 1,500
3306
TWO GREEN GLAZED POTTERY HU
Han dynasty
Each similarly formed with a raised ridge
encircling the exterior rim, a pair of animal
head and mock ring handles applied between
the raised string bands accenting the
shoulder and widest part of the compressed
globular body, the tall foot on the shorter jar The circular tray raised on a ring foot, its
flaring outward slightly more than the foot of
the taller jar (both with extremely degraded
glazes, repairs and retouching).
18 1/2 and 16in (47 and 40.5cm) high
$1,500 - 2,000
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3307
TWO PAINTED POTTERY FUNERARY
VESSELS
The first a Han garlic-headed bottle with long
neck and compressed globular body raised
on a tall spreading foot, the grey pottery
ground enlivened with carmine and white
second an assembled Han ovoid jar with
short, waisted neck supporting a wide-lipped
shallow liner beneath the lid with elaborately
turned finial, the jar showing remains of later 25in (63.5cm) long
decoration with a lotus petal band painted in
carmine pigment above large peony blossoms
drawn in black (neck repaired, repainted).
13 3/4 and 14 3/4in (35 and 37.5cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500
3308
A CHESTNUT AND STRAW GLAZED
FUNERARY MODEL OF A CAMEL
Tang dynasty
Braying as it lifts its head on a curving neck
while at rest with four legs attached to a
rectangular plinth, the saddle blanket covering third, Western Han, reversed by a dense
its humps trimmed with fringe and accented
with splashes of green glaze that drip onto
the straw and chestnut glazes covering the
remaining surfaces (repaired and repainted).
22 3/4in (57.8cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
3309
A PAINTED POTTERY FUNERARY
FIGURE OF A WARRIOR
Rendered in the Tang style, the elaborately
armored figure portrayed standing,
clutching the remains of a now lost sword
in both hands, details of the face and attire
enhanced in pigments over the gesso and
earthen adhesions.
16 1/4in (41.2cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
3310
A SANCAI GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF
A CUP AND TRAY SET
Tang dynasty
shallow well supporting a set of six preserved
cups, each of bell form with rolled rim and
waisted foot, and a globular jar at the center
fronted with an oval plaque; the interior
surfaces of the cups, the exterior surface of
the jar and the inside edges of the tray coated
with a straw-colored lead glaze enlivened by
splashes of chestnut and leaf green.
10in (25.5cm) diameter of the tray
$2,000 - 3,000
PROPERTY OF MRS. RUTH K. MARCH,
LOS ANGELES
3311
A PAINTED POTTERY HORSE
Tang Dynasty
Standing with its head turned to the left, three
legs attached to a low plinth and the right
front leg raised, its saddle covered by a cloth
and the surfaces showing remains of colored
pigments (repairs).
$2,000 - 3,000
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
3312
A GROUP OF THREE MIRRORS
Tang dynasty and earlier
The first, Tang dynasty, reversed by a circular
nodule for suspension surrounded by four
groups of fruiting branches; the second, Tang
dynasty reversed by two concentric ridges
separating grapevine and beast bands; the
ground of stylized geometric mythical beasts
encircling a small circle of zhuanshu script (the
first with loss to the metal, all three with areas
of verdigris and adhesions).
7 1/4in (18.4cm) width of first and largest
$2,000 - 3,000
PROPERTY FROM THE H ROBERT LEE
ESTATE
3313
A CHESTNUT GLAZED POTTERY
AMPHORA JAR
Tang dynasty
Of inverted pear form supporting a pair of
dragon handles with raised bosses, their
heads biting the cupped rim of the waisted
neck, a thin and densely crazed brown glaze
applied unevenly, leaving the buff fabric
exposed on the lower body and flat base
(minor chips, glazed degraded).
15 1/4in (38.7cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500