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PROPERTY FROM THE YANGDETANG COLLECTION
A CHANGSHA POLYCHROME-DECORATED MANDARIN DUCK-FORM HOLDER
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Details
A CHANGSHA POLYCHROME-DECORATED MANDARIN DUCK-FORM HOLDER
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The water pot is modelled as a recumbent mandarin duck, the crest and plumage carefully combed, supporting on its back a vase-shaped receptacle, covered overall with a greyish-olive glaze with green and dark-brown splashes. The base is unglazed revealing the greyish-brown body.
6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) long, box
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The water pot is modelled as a recumbent mandarin duck, the crest and plumage carefully combed, supporting on its back a vase-shaped receptacle, covered overall with a greyish-olive glaze with green and dark-brown splashes. The base is unglazed revealing the greyish-brown body.
6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Yangdetang Collection, acquired before 1987
Exhibited
National Museum of History, The Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics of Eight Dynasties, Taipei, 1987, Catalogue, p. 24