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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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A STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY AMPHORA
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The high shoulder of the baluster body applied with a pair of double- strap handles applied with bosses and terminating in dragon heads that bite the rim of the cup-shaped mouth, covered with a finely crackled glaze of slightly olive tone that falls in an irregular line on the lower body exposing the fine-grained ware partially burnt to a pale russet in the firing
13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The high shoulder of the baluster body applied with a pair of double- strap handles applied with bosses and terminating in dragon heads that bite the rim of the cup-shaped mouth, covered with a finely crackled glaze of slightly olive tone that falls in an irregular line on the lower body exposing the fine-grained ware partially burnt to a pale russet in the firing
13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, London, 23 July 1973, lot 48.
Special notice
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