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PROPERTY FROM THE RUTH
AND RICHARD DICKES COLLECTION
594
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY QUATREFOIL DISH
Liao dynasty
Of oblong shape, the shallow sides rising to a wide, flat barbed rim,
impressed with a foliate scroll, the flat well impressed with three lotus
medallions against a feather-patterned ground, the design accented
with green and ocher glaze, the unglazed base partially revealing a
layer of white slip.
10 3/8in (26.3cm) long

$3,000 - 5,000

遼 三彩海棠式蓮紋盤

Provenance:
595 Collection of Ruth and Richard Dickes
Acquired in New York City, 7 December 2000

Two similar examples, one with a green ground basin and one
with a white ground as the present example, were excavated in
Xiaoliuzhangzi, Nincheng county, Inner Mongolia and dated to the 11th
century, see Gilded Splendor, Treasures of China’s Liao Empire, Asia
Society and Museum, New York, 2006, pp. 358-359, cat. nos. 116
a-b. The exhibition catalog notes shape and decor were inspired by
gold and silver prototypes, although arriving at this shape in clay would
be more difficult than metal.
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