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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A BLACK-GLAZED EWER
TANG DYNASTY

of ovoid form, rising from a splayed solid foot
to a tapering neck with out-turned rim, the
rounded shoulders set with a short conical spout
and a triple-strand handle, covered overall with
an opaque mottled dark brown glaze stopping
irregularly above the foot to reveal the bu
stoneware
Height 9½ in., 24.1 cm

PROVENANCE
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham,
Alabama, 1988-2015 (on loan).

$ 3,000-5,000

Ⓒġġġ湹慱➟⢢

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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION

TWO WHITE GLAZED STONEWARE
VESSELS
TANG DYNASTY

one of slightly compressed globular form, the
other a stem bowl with everted lipped rim, both
with crackle su used transparent glaze falling
short of the base (2)
Diameter of larger 4⅞ in., 12.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Stem bowl: Walter Hochstadter, New York, 1942.
Jar: Walter Hochstadter, New York, 1943.
Collection of Pauline B. (1910-2000) and Myron
S. (1906-1992) Falk Jr., New York.
Christie’s New York, 21st September 2001,
lot 407.

$ 800-1,200

Ⓒġġġ䘥慱☐ℑẞ

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