Sale 12548
Hong Kong
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5 April 2016
Price realised
HKD 212,500
Estimate
A YAOZHOU BROWN GLAZE AND WHITE SLIP-DECORATED DISH TANG DYNASTY (618-907) The dish is potted with flaring sides rising from a slightly recessed base, decorated with blackish-brown glaze forming abstract floral sprays on a white slip within a pentagonal border of glaze continuing over the rim to form another pentagon on the exterior atop further white slip. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1990s
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