拍品 221
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A VERY RARE SANCAI-GLAZED MOLDED GLOBULAR WHISTLE
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. JAMES E. BREECE III
A VERY RARE SANCAI-GLAZED MOLDED GLOBULAR WHISTLE

LIAO DYNASTY (907-1125)

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A VERY RARE SANCAI-GLAZED MOLDED GLOBULAR WHISTLE
Liao dynasty (907-1125)
Molded with two registers of peony sprays below two insects in flight beside one of the two small apertures on top, all in amber, green and straw glaze on a white slip, the base unglazed showing the buff ware
3¼in. (8.2cm.) across

拍品專文

A similar example of more compressed form is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), vol. 32, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 277, no. 252, where it is proposed that these objects were used as whistles to attract animals during hunting expeditions.