Lot Essay
Two oil lamps of this type are illustrated by Mitsuru Uragami in Animal Farm in Yue Ware, Tokyo, 1992, nos. 42 and 43
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A YUEYAO TRIPOD OIL LAMP
3RD/4TH CENTURY
The thickly potted, shallow bowl encircled by grooved bands and raised on a ribbed column rising from the center of the stand, impressed on the interior with mesh pattern below the grooved rim, the whole raised on three crouching bear supports, covered overall with an olive-green glaze
6¼in. (15.8cm.) high
3RD/4TH CENTURY
The thickly potted, shallow bowl encircled by grooved bands and raised on a ribbed column rising from the center of the stand, impressed on the interior with mesh pattern below the grooved rim, the whole raised on three crouching bear supports, covered overall with an olive-green glaze
6¼in. (15.8cm.) high