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           A YUE ANIMAL-FORM VESSEL

           WESTERN JIN DYNASTY,
           3RD-4TH CENTURY
           The vessel is hollow-molded as a mythical beast,
           bixie, crouching on four small clawed feet, with
           combed markings delineating the beard, mane
           and back and the applied tail molded with curls. A
           tubular aperture rises from the animal’s back, and
           the beast is covered overall with a thin pale olive
           glaze, pooling to green in the recesses.
           7¿ in. (18 cm.) long, cloth box

           $6,000-8,000

           PROVENANCE

           Acquired in Hong Kong prior to 1989.

           This type of stoneware beast-form vessel appears
           to have been made at the Yue kilns in varying
           sizes; this fgure being one of the larger sizes.
           Similarly modeled examples were included in the
           Special Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo
           National Museum, 1994, nos. 58 and 59. The
           exact use of these vessels is still being debated.
           西晉 越窯青釉辟邪

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           A XING SHALLOW DISH

           FIVE DYNASTIES (AD 907-960)
           The shallow rounded sides rise to a slightly fared
           rim shaped as fve bracket-lobed petals, and the
           dish is covered in a creamy-white glaze stopping in
           an irregular line above the foot.
           5¬ in. (14.3 cm.) diam.

           $6,000-8,000

           五代 邢窯花口盤

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