Lot Essay
Compare the sancai figure closely related to the dignitary with the official's cap, but without the crenellated shoe tips, illustrated by Li Zhiyan, The Art of Glazed Pottery of China, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 34, no. 137; and another illustrated by John Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tokyo, 1978, no. 44
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C97c85 is consistent with the dating of this lot
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C97c85 is consistent with the dating of this lot