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PROPERTY FROM
THE PETER SCHEINMAN COLLECTION
1284
A RARE AMBER-BROWN-GLAZED
BOTTLE AND COVER
LIAO DYNASTY, EARLY 10TH CENTURY
The compressed globular body has an upright mid-
section bordered by raised edges, the upper edge
with a ‘beaded’ band repeated on the shoulder and
at the base of the neck and another encircling the
neck. The amber-brown glaze has large areas of
iridescence. The cover is similarly glazed all over.
10Ω in. (26.7 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 31 January 2003.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New
York.
An amber-glazed vase of similar form, but without
a cover, was excavated in 1977 from a tomb
identifed as Khitan, and is illustrated in Wenwu,
1983, no. 9, pl. 2. Compare, also, a related vase
and cover dated to the Liao dynasty, illustrated
by Zhang Bai, Complete Collection of Ceramic Art
Unearthed in China, Vol. 4: Inner Mongolia, Beijing,
2008, p. 111, no. 111. Two other vases, one with
a related neck and both with related glazes, are
illustrated ibid., p. 95 and 97, nos. 95 and 97.
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no.
C103a3 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
遼 褐釉蓋瓶

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