A BLUE AND SANCAI-GLAZED BUFF POTTERY TRIPOD VESSEL

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A BLUE AND SANCAI-GLAZED BUFF POTTERY TRIPOD VESSEL
TANG DYNASTY

The globular body divided into three registers, the shoulder decorated with a chevron pattern in olive green, amber and some blue glaze reserved on a cream ground above a narrow molded border, some of the blue glaze draining irregularly onto the cream band below which is separated by an incised line from an irregularly applied amber glaze draining down onto the three paw supports, the short neck and lipped mouth rim glazed amber and the interior covered with a thin, amber glaze wash
8½in. (21.6cm.) across