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PROPERTY FROM THE RUTH
AND RICHARD DICKES COLLECTION
605
A QINGBAI FACETED COVERED EWER
Song dynasty
Of globular form, the body potted with eight facets, each with a
recessed, slightly indented panel, set with a curved spout and
opposing loop handle, the gently tapering octagonal neck fitted over
with a conforming cover surmounted by a flori-form finial, all supported
on a short conforming foot ring, applied overall with a green-tinged
glaze stopping just short of the foot revealing the buff-colored biscuit.
9in (23cm) high (2).
$5,000 - 7,000

宋 青白釉八方執壺

Provenance:
Ruth and Richard Dickes
Acquired in New York City, 1 June 2003

The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of Oxford
Authentication Ltd. Thermoluminescence test no. P104a84, dated 27
January 2004

PROPERTY FROM THE RUTH
AND RICHARD DICKES COLLECTION
606
A ‘YAOZHOU’ BROWN PARCEL-GLAZED STONEWARE DISH
Tang dynasty
Potted with gently flaring sides rising to an everted rim, supported on
a knife-cut foot ring, the edges decorated with glaze to form a six-
pointed star in reserve over a gray slip, centered with a floret on the
605 interior, and leaving a hexagon with curved sides on the exterior, to
reveal the grayish buff-colored body.
6 1/4in (15.8cm) diam.

$5,000 - 7,000
唐 耀州窰褐彩灰地盤

Provenance:
Ruth and Richard Dickes
Acquired in New York City, 15 March 2003

A Tang dynasty dish with a similar style of decoration from the Huangpu
kiln, Tongchuan, Yaozhou County is illustrated by Robert D. Mowery,
Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown- and
Black-glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Cambridge, 1996, no. 65.

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