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PROPERTY FROM THE YANGDETANG COLLECTION
A SANCAI-GLAZED DUCK-FORM CUP
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Details
A SANCAI-GLAZED DUCK-FORM CUP
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The vessel is potted as a plump-bodied recumbent duck with its neck arched backwards over the opening between the feather-moulded wings so that the open beak can grasp the rim of the flower-form opening for the wick, the lower body crisply moulded with florettes and granular decoration, splashed on the exterior with straw, amber and green glazes, the base and interior left unglazed exposing the chalky white body.
4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.) long, box
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The vessel is potted as a plump-bodied recumbent duck with its neck arched backwards over the opening between the feather-moulded wings so that the open beak can grasp the rim of the flower-form opening for the wick, the lower body crisply moulded with florettes and granular decoration, splashed on the exterior with straw, amber and green glazes, the base and interior left unglazed exposing the chalky white body.
4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Galaxie Art & Gift Company, Hong Kong, 10 August 1993
Yangdetang Collection
Yangdetang Collection