TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY JAR AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The high-shouldered jar decorated with a striped pattern of wide olive-green stripes centered by a vertical row of resist dots bordered in amber and separated by narrow vertical rows of resist-glazed small white dots, below a shallow neck glazed amber and a striped pattern on the lipped rim, and ending on the lower body atop a white slip to expose the fine pale ware, the domed cover with knop finial decorated with amber splashes on an olive-green ground
9½ in. (24 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The decoration on these types of jars is thought to be based on contemporary Tang textile designs. A similar example is illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Taipei, 1991, p. 196, bottom right.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C205g20 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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