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142 The front-facing human head of a Central Asian man is an unusual
A rare northern Xingyao relief-moulded ‘smiling decoration in Chinese art which is mostly seen on Northern Qi Dynasty
mask’ bowl ceramics. Compare the face decorating a Northern Qi green-glazed
Northern Dynasties/Sui Dynasty vase in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated in the
The shallow bowl decorated at the centre of the interior in relief, with published research monograph by Suzanne G. Valenstein, Cultural
a front-facing face, moustache and beard, covered overall in a pale Convergence in the Northern Qi Period: A Flamboyant Chinese
greenish-white glaze. Ceramic Container, New York, 2007, p.100, fig.16.
11.8cm diam.
盌直口，弧腹下收，小圈足。盌底內心隆起，模印一胡人頭像，盌外
HK$120,000 - 200,000
US$15,000 - 26,000 壁光素，通體施白釉。整器造型規整，簡潔，釉色潤澤。
北朝/隋 邢窯白釉印胡人頭像盌
Two views
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