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128 The appliqué motifs on this vase reflect an aesthetic strongly influenced
A very rare green-glazed oviform long-necked by the Sasanian Persians and Central Asians.
vase with applied decorations
Northern Qi Dynasty Compare with a Northern Qi Dynasty green-glazed vase with even
The globular body raised on a splayed foot, applied with two bands more ornate moulded appliqué decoration, in the Nelson-Atkins
of floral medallions below a band of applied lotus petals, the slender Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, illustrated by Suzanne
cylindrical neck rising to the bulbous mouth decorated with a further Valenstein, ibid, p.94, no.5. A jar with similar lotus lappet decoration,
lotus-petal band, covered overall with a brownish deep green glaze. from the tomb of Feng Shihui, Jing County, Hebei, in the National
33cm high Museum of History, Beijing, is illustrated by Robert L. Thor and Richard
Ellis Vinograd, Chinese Art and Culture New York, 2001, p.174, no.5-
HK$700,000 - 1,000,000 22. Compare the moulded medallions on another related vase in the
US$90,000 - 130,000 Zibo Chinese Ceramics Museum, Shandong Province, illustrated in
Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji: The Complete Works of Chinese
北齊 青釉貼花蓮瓣蒜頭瓶 Ceramics Vol.4, Shanghai, 2000, no.233.

Please also refer to lot 129 for further discussion on the style of the
decoration.

The result of C-Link Research & Development Ltd.
thermoluminescence test no.2808XF02 is consistent with the dating of
this lot.

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