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A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY JARS AND COVERS
- TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY JARS AND COVERS
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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(Set Currency)
    $40,000 - $50,000

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Sale 2196
fine chinese ceramics and works of art
15 September 2009
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

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Lot Description

A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY JARS AND COVERS
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Each high-shouldered jar with short waisted neck and lipped rim raised on a slightly flaring flat foot, decorated in green, amber, blue and ivory with five V-shaped panels and resist-decorated with white dot bands and florets on the green ground falling irregularly to the lower body exposing the white underslip and buff ware, the covers with similar decoration
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high, boxes (2)

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Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1995.

Lot Notes

The result of Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test nos. C109g47 and C109g45 are consistent with the dating of this lot.

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