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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 16 AND 125-127)
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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A CIVIL OFFICIAL
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The official is modelled standing wearing a coat with long sleeves and a
ceremonial headdress, all with floral or cloud motifs and traces of red, black,
green and gilt decoration.
25 1/2 in. (72.5 cm.) high
£5,000-8,000 US$6,500-10,000
€5,500-8,800

PROVENANCE:
Collection of Julius Eberhardt (1936-2012), Austria, acquired prior to 2000.
LITERATURE:
Regina Krahl, Sammlung Julius Eberhardt. Frühe chinesische Kunst, Hong
Kong, 2000, p. 216, cat. no. 126.
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. C298h8o, 15 December
1998, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

歐洲私人珍藏
唐 彩繪陶文官
來源:
奧地利 朱利思艾．伯哈特 (1936-2012年) 舊藏, 於2000年前購自
出版:
康蕊君,《Sammlung Julius Eberhardt. Frühe chinesische Kunst》香港, 2000年, 216頁, 編號126
此器經牛津熱釋光測年法測試(編號C298h8o), 證實與本圖錄之斷代符合

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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN
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A RARE SILVER PETAL-LOBED STEM CUP
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The small bowl is worked in repoussé to form eleven petals, each finely
engraved with alterating birds and mythical beasts amonst flowering plants.
The lower body is similarly decorated with further birds and flower lappets.
The lobed foot terminates in a splayed, petal lobed base decorated with
scrolling tendrils.
2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) diam.
£6,000-8,000 US$7,700-10,000
€6,600-8,700

歐洲私人珍藏
明 銀花鳥紋蓮瓣式小高足盃

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