Two Glazed Molded Pottery Vessels

LIAO DYNASTY (907-1125)

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Two Glazed Molded Pottery Vessels
Liao dynasty (907-1125)
One a square dish molded in thread relief in the interior with a central flowerhead within a scroll border below diaper-pattern panels on the flared sides, covered overall with a green glaze, with two spur marks on the flat base; the other a circular box and cover, the domed cover molded in relief with a cruciform foliate motif and clouds, covered with a green glaze splashed in amber and white, the sides and rounded base of the box covered in a splashed white and green glaze, the interiors covered with a thin amber glaze
5 9/16in. (14.2cm.) square, and 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) diam., one box and stand
Falk Collection nos. 53 and 280. (2)

Provenance

Dish: Mathias Komor, New York, June 1948.
Covered box: gift from K.C. Chung, 1937.

Lot Essay

Compare the almost identical dish illustrated by M. Medley, T'ang Pottery & Porcelain, London, 1981, pl. N, where the author dates it to the 9th century; and another ascribed to North China, dated 9th or 10th century, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, London, 1994, no. 284.

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