TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

The style of painting on this bowl is quite unusual, but can be seen on a shard of a bowl with similar cobalt and amber decoration, illustrated in the transcript of Wang Liying's lecture, 'The Ancient Chinese Ceramics Research Society', T.O.C.S., vol. 69, 2004-2005, p. 20, fig. 3b. See, also, the similar bowl sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1284.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. P107x43 is consistent with the dating of this lot.