Lot 80
80
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY DEEP BOWL

Details
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY DEEP BOWL
TANG DYNASTY

The deep sides rising from a shallow, slightly flared foot to a lipped rim, covered inside and out with finely streaked green and amber glaze on a cream ground, the glazes iridesced where they have pooled in the center of the interior (some restoration to rim)
5 1/8in. (13cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

Compare the similar cup illustrated by Michael Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes, and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl. 19b. Another of smaller size (3 3/8in. diam.), but of similar shape and covered with a similar glaze, is illustrated by Frances Klapthor, Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1993, no. 13