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Friday 15 September 2017

10.00 am (LotS 1101-1189)

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A RARE LARGE PAINTED POTTERY VASE AND COVER,
FANGHU

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The faceted pear-shaped body and tall tapering foot are decorated
in red, white and blue pigments with sweeping cloud motifs
interrupted by a pair of large taotie-mask handles highlighted in
yellow on two sides. The neck is painted with a narrow band of
cloud motifs below a band of pendent blades, and the cover is of
pyramidal form.
23√ in. (60.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

$7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE

In Japan prior to 1994.

EXHIBITED

Tokyo, Tokyo National Museum, Special Exhibition: Chinese
Ceramics, 12 October–23 November 1994, no. 30.

LITERATURE

Tokyo National Museum, Special Exhibition: Chinese Ceramics,
Tokyo, 1994, p. 26, no. 30.
漢 彩繪陶雲氣紋方壺

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