A SANCAI-GLAZED WATER VESSEL

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A SANCAI-GLAZED WATER VESSEL
Tang dynasty (618-907)
The exterior well molded with a textured pattern and covered with an amber glaze pooling on the rim which is rounded at the ends to form pouring spouts and turns inwards on the sides where it is pierced with three apertures, the interior splash-glazed in green, cream and amber
3¾in. (9.5cm.) long, box

Lot Essay

A similar example excavated at Gong County, Henan province Zhengzhou Municipal Museum, is illustrated in Gems of China's Cultural Relics, 1990, no. 126. And another from the collection of Edgar Worch, Berlin, was included in the Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Berlin, 1929, p. 167, no. 404.

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