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Lot 6*

A rare sancai 'lotus' jar
Liao Dynasty

17 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£40,000 - £60,000

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A rare sancai 'lotus' jar

Liao Dynasty
Heavily potted, the globular body tapering to a short straight foot, incised with large peony flowers highlighted in amber and green enamels borne on leafy meander reserved on beige ground, all under a green band of scrolling foliage tapering to a waisted neck and everted rim covered in amber glaze, fitted box. 28.5cm (11 1/4in) high (2).

Footnotes

遼 三彩纏枝牡丹紋瓶

Provenance: acquired from Delicate House Chinese Curios, Hong Kong, on 21 June 2001
The Reid Collection
Probably on loan to the Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, circa 2003

來源:
於2001年6月21日購自香港古董商采華閣古美術
Reid 收藏
或於約2003年借展予悉尼新南威爾斯美術館

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C101g62 dated 5 April 2001, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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