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CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
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A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY JAR
CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The wide ovoid body liberally splashed with bright amber, cream and green glazes that covers the short neck and continue over the out-turned rim, all on a white slip that falls irregularly towards the flat base exposing the pale pinkish-buff body
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The wide ovoid body liberally splashed with bright amber, cream and green glazes that covers the short neck and continue over the out-turned rim, all on a white slip that falls irregularly towards the flat base exposing the pale pinkish-buff body
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Bar Harbor, 1929.
Mrs. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, 1929-1948.
Estate of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (with a lifetime interest to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.), 1948-1960.
Winthrop Rockefeller, Petit John Mountain, Arkansas, 1960-1973.
Estate of Winthrop Rockefeller, 1973-1974.
Acquired in August 1974.
Mrs. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, 1929-1948.
Estate of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (with a lifetime interest to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.), 1948-1960.
Winthrop Rockefeller, Petit John Mountain, Arkansas, 1960-1973.
Estate of Winthrop Rockefeller, 1973-1974.
Acquired in August 1974.
Literature
R. Ellsworth et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Arts of Asia and Neighboring Cultures, New York, 1993, vol III, p. 80, no. 36.
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