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A SANCAI LOBED OVAL DISH
Liao Dynasty
The four-lobed dish moulded on the interior with a blossoming lotus
glazed with ochre and green surrounded by six green leaves and two
green buds against a cream ground, the lobed lipped rim moulded with
classic scroll covered with green glaze between fine raised borders
glazed ochre and punctuated by four ochre-glaze trefoils at the lobe
tips, box. 27.3cm (10¾in) wide (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY19,000 - 29,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000
Provenance
Purchased on 21 July 1990 from T.Y. King & Sons Ltd., Hong Kong
(receipt)

A very similar dish in the Tokyo National Museum and dated to the Liao
Dynasty, 7th century, is illustrated by W.Watson, La Céramique Tang et
Liao, Fribourg, 1984, p.239, pl.279; another is illustrated by C.Deydier,
L’Art et La Matière, London, 1998, no.48.

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A SANCAI CIRCULAR DISH
Liao Dynasty
The rough pottery body raised on a low circular foot and glazed on the
interior with an ochre medallion surrounded by green against a cream
ground splashed with further patches of ochre flanked by green and
with three spur marks, the top half of the exterior glazed ochre, wood
stand and box. 21.5cm (8½in) diam. (3).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY15,000 - 19,000
HK$18,000 - 24,000

Provenance
Purchased on 24 July 1990 from T.Y. King & Sons ltd. (receipt)

Compare a related sancai dish illustrated by Liu Liangyu, A Survey
of Chinese Ceramics 3. Liao, Hsi-hsia, Chin and Yuan Wares, Taipei,
1992, p.45.

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