Lot Essay
See illustration p.78
SUI DYNASTY
Details
A large straw-glazed pottery
Sui Dynasty
The elegant oviform body tapering to the solid base and surmounted by a waisted ringed neck with cup-shaped mouth, the shoulder set with slender arched handles with incised stylised scroll motifs centered by two grooves and dragon's head terminal biting the galleried rim, the crackled glaze of pale straw colour, the top centre of greenish tone (some glaze flaking)
43.5 cm high
Sui Dynasty
The elegant oviform body tapering to the solid base and surmounted by a waisted ringed neck with cup-shaped mouth, the shoulder set with slender arched handles with incised stylised scroll motifs centered by two grooves and dragon's head terminal biting the galleried rim, the crackled glaze of pale straw colour, the top centre of greenish tone (some glaze flaking)
43.5 cm high
Sale room notice
The first line should read 'A LARGE STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY AMPHORA'