Lot Essay
Compare the very similar amphora illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I., London, 1994, no. 225 and another example, no. 223
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AN AMBER-GLAZED POTTERY AMPHORA
TANG DYNASTY
The high-shouldered body set with a pair of double-strap handles enclosing a boss at the base and rising to well-modeled dragon heads with swept-back ears and coiled crest, their jaws open to bite the rim of the cup-shaped mouth, covered with a finely crackled, rich amber glaze shading to dark chestnut on one side and falling in an irregular line to below mid-body to expose the pale buff ware (foot rim chips)
11½in. (29.2cm.) high, box
TANG DYNASTY
The high-shouldered body set with a pair of double-strap handles enclosing a boss at the base and rising to well-modeled dragon heads with swept-back ears and coiled crest, their jaws open to bite the rim of the cup-shaped mouth, covered with a finely crackled, rich amber glaze shading to dark chestnut on one side and falling in an irregular line to below mid-body to expose the pale buff ware (foot rim chips)
11½in. (29.2cm.) high, box