Lot Essay
For another vessel of this very rare shape and size, but covered in a blackish-brown glaze, see the catalogue for the special exhibition of Fine Art of Sui and Tang, Kyoto National Museum, 1959, no. 221.
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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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A RARE SMALL THREE-COLOR-GLAZED POTTERY BASKET-FORM VESSEL
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The deep sides covered in a blue glaze, with a wide central band applied with small white bosses in imitation of metal studs, with a further band of bosses at the mouth rim and three larger ones at the base of each of the amber-glazed loop handles, the interior covered in a slightly olive-toned green glaze, the unglazed rounded base with small flat center
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The deep sides covered in a blue glaze, with a wide central band applied with small white bosses in imitation of metal studs, with a further band of bosses at the mouth rim and three larger ones at the base of each of the amber-glazed loop handles, the interior covered in a slightly olive-toned green glaze, the unglazed rounded base with small flat center
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high