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PROPERTY FROM THE YANGDETANG COLLECTION
A SANCAI-GLAZED CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Details
A SANCAI-GLAZED CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The box and cover of slightly compressed circular form is raised on a flat base with a bevelled outer edge. It is covered overall with a well-controlled green and amber spotted glaze, falling in an irregular line on the unglazed underside. The interior of the box is covered with a pale green glaze.
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm.) diam., box
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The box and cover of slightly compressed circular form is raised on a flat base with a bevelled outer edge. It is covered overall with a well-controlled green and amber spotted glaze, falling in an irregular line on the unglazed underside. The interior of the box is covered with a pale green glaze.
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Yangdetang Collection, acquired before 1985
Literature
Tan Dan-jiong, History of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 1, Taipei, 1985, p. 93