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A VERY RARE BLUE, AMBER, AND GREEN- ߣ ˖ྑ㚖ᠺ
GLAZED MONEY CHEST
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TANG DYNASTY (609-970)
ᚚទ☆՞Ⅷ⻦卿ᙻ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ㐟ᙻែ՗
The box is made in imitation of a metal or wood prototype.
The rectangular box raised on four blue-glazed corner supports ⏟ַӲᆭ㢲ᩖजࣻ⩠Ӭ։ᙻ ჺஙᰞ㪈㞖།ᵄ߅கǮᯇࢶ
attached with cream-glazed florette-shaped simulating metal studs.
ࢷ⁒㱦㱦⻦Ԡ׾卿㖊ᙻǶ৿Ӳᆭཿ ᰞ㪈ȹഉǷཿ㈇எ㢙卿ഌ
The blue-glazed sides rise to a curved upper edge and the sancai-
㩌卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿⤔⽚ 厎ऱ։׾Ԯߒ㖊ᙻǶԋⵖՆࢨჺᙔ
glazed top incised with a triangular diaper pattern. The vertical
⁒㫀ߒ ৿Ӳᆭ ӳ Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿⤔⽚ ǯऔ
sides are decorated with lion mask appliqués, the top also with a
small ‘hinged’ cover. ਞϽӬ։Ӳᆭ㢲ᩖ卿ऱӳ卿㮰 卿⤔⽚ ǯ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑᙻ
5 ¡ in. high x 6 æ wide x 4 æ in. deep (13.7 x 16.7 x 12 cm.), ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈Քᝪ਑߅Ӭ։Ӳᆭ㢲ᩖ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卻ॲː卼ǯ
Japanese wood box
HK$450,000-650,000 US$58,000-83,000

PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection, acquired in Tokyo, 29 November 1989
Compare with closely related examples in varying colour
combinations which have been published, including one
with a nearly identical upper surface in the Henan Museum,
which was unearthed from the Jinjiagou site in Luoyang in
1930, see Three-color Ware of the Tang Dynasty, The Henan
Province Discoveries, Osaka, 2004, p. 91, no. 64 and also in
Five Thousand Years of Chinese Art Series: Tang Three-colored
Pottery, Part I, Taipei, 1984, p. 119, no. 117, along with a further
example ibid., p. 118, no. 116.
Compare also another blue and amber glazed example with
the addition of florettes appliqués to the front sold at Christie’s
New York, 21 September 2000, lot 267 (fig. 1).

fig. 1 Sold at Christie’s New York, 21 September 2000, lot 267
எӬ ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚

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