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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A LARGE STRAW-GLAZED AMPHORA
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The tall, ovoid body is applied on the shoulder
with four leaf-shaped appliqués impressed with
foliate motifs, below a grooved triple band around
the neck fanked by a pair of double-strap handles
rising to the dragon-head terminals which are
biting the rim of the cup-shaped mouth decorated
with appliqué. The vessel is covered with a glaze of
pale grey-green tone stopping in an irregular line
on the lower body to expose the whitish ware.
16º in. (41.5 cm.) high, Japanese double wood box
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE
In Japan before 1964.
Private collection, Osaka.
EXHIBITED
Tokyo, Nihon Toji Kyokai,
Chugoku kotoji To-So meito ten, 10-22 April 1964.
Goto Musuem exhibition (according to label).
LITERATURE
Nihon Toji Kyokai,
Chugoku kotoji To-So meito ten, Tokyo, 1964, no. 54.
唐 白釉貼花雙龍耳尊

(another view)

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