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                                                                   TANG SANCAI - THE SZE YUAN TANG                  TANG SANCAI - THE SZE YUAN TANG
                                                                   COLLECTION                                       COLLECTION
                                                                   A RARE AMBER-GLAZED                              A SANCAI-GLAZED FIGURE OF
                                                                   ‘MUSICIANS’ FLASK                                A COURT LADY
                                                                   NORTHERN QI DYNASTY                              TANG DYNASTY
                                                                   modelled after a Central Asian metal             the elegant standing figure dressed in a
                                                                   shape with sloping shoulders and                 high-waisted amber-glazed dress with
                                                                   tapering form, moulded in relief on              green bodice, with hands clasped at
                                                                   both sides with a pair of musicians on           the waist concealed by an straw-glazed
                                                                   either side of a foliate motif, all below        sash
                                                                   a small mascaron roundel flanked by              Height 41 cm, 16⅛ in.
                                                                   two apsaras, covered overall with a light        The dating of this lot is consistent with
                                                                   amber-coloured glaze                             the result of a thermoluminescence
                                                                   Height 11.7 cm, 4⅝ in.                           test, Oxford authentication Ltd., no.
                                                                   The dating of this lot is consistent with        C111n25.
                                                                   the result of a thermoluminescence
                                                                   test, Oxford authentication Ltd., no.            £ 10,000-15,000
                                                                   C112a56.
                                                                                                                    唐   三彩仕女立像
                                                                   £ 6,000-8,000
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                                                                   TANG SANCAI - THE SZE YUAN TANG                  TANG SANCAI - THE SZE YUAN TANG
                                                                   COLLECTION                                       COLLECTION
                                                                   A SANCAI-GLAZED                                  A RARE AMBER-GLAZED
                                                                   ‘MANDARIN DUCKS’ PILLOW                          FIGURE OF AN EQUESTRIAN
                                                                   TANG DYNASTY                                     DRUMMER
                                                                                                                    TANG DYNASTY
                                                                   of rectangular shape, finely incised on
                                                                   the top and bottom with two mandarin             sitting upright on a horse standing
                                                                   ducks picked out in green and straw-             on a rectangular base, with harness,
                                                                   glaze within a medallion enclosed by             saddle and a drum on its left neck,
                                                                   circles, the sides with a resist-decorated       the musician with his hands raised,
                                                                   pattern in amber and green on a cream            wearing a round-necked robe, trousers
                                                                   ground                                           and boots, his head covered with a
                                                                   Width 11 cm, 4⅓ in.                              long cloth cap, covered overall with an
                                                                   The dating of this lot is consistent with        amber glaze graduating to a paler tone
                                                                   the result of a thermoluminescence               Height 38 cm, 15 in.
                                                                   test, Oxford authentication Ltd., no.
                                                                   C112a45.                                         £ 10,000-15,000
                                                                   £ 6,000-8,000                                    唐   黃釉胡人騎馬陶俑

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