Page 221 - CHRISTIE'S Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art 09/14 - 15 / 17
P. 221
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK COLLECTION Compare the sancai-glazed pottery tripod jar with very similar molded
foral appliques, but of smaller size (13.3 cm. high), from the Dexinshuwu
1107 Collection, included in The Special Exhibition of Tang Tri-Colour, National
A SANCAI-GLAZED APPLIQUE-DECORATED TRIPOD JAR Palace Museum, Taipei, 1995, p. 139, and subsequently sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 4 October 2016, lot 3.
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The globular body is supported on three animal-claw feet and has a waisted 唐 三彩寳相花紋三足罐
neck with fared rim. The sides are decorated with alternating large and small
molded foral appliques, and are covered with streaked glazes of green, amber
and cream color that fall towards the lower body revealing the buf ware.
7 in. (18 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE
Mathias Komor, New York.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19-20 February 1958, lot 281.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections.
Else Sackler, and thence by descent within the family.
213
