A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY SHELL-FORM POTTERY WATERPOT

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A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY SHELL-FORM POTTERY WATERPOT
TANG DYNASTY

In the form of a conch shell, the rim molded with a shallow spout beside a platform pierced with two holes, one small and one large to facilitate pouring, the exterior decorated with a tight pattern of blue, green, amber and cream-splashed glazes and the interior with a looser pattern in green, cream and amber, cracked--4 1/8 in. (10.5cm.) long

Lot Essay

Similar glazed pottery waterpots are in the Barlow Collection, illustrated in the Catalogue, pl. 21c; in the Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue, vol. L, pl. LIX, no. 344, illustrated in Sui To no Bijutsu, pl. 124, and in Chinese Ceramics, Tang Dynasty,
Artists Publishing, Taiwan, 1989, p. 316. Compare also the example from the George DeBatz collection sold in these rooms November 30, 1983, lot 301