TANG DYNASTY, 8TH CENTURY

细节

A SANCAI-GLAZED TRIPOD JAR
Tang Dynasty, 8th Century
The globular jar standing on three claw feet, the slightly domed cover with bud-shaped finial, both base and lid with cream glaze splashed with green and amber.
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high

注意事项

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拍品专文

The exact form of this jar is rare. The majority of Tang sancai jars have narrower everted rims and few have lids, although the body shape is similar and so are the legs. For examples of the usual form, described as censers, see W.E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, (New York, 1944), Vol. I., no. 256. Similar examples are illustrated in Zhongguo Taoci Daxi, Han Tang Taoci Daquan, Taipei, 1987, p. 551, and by d'Argence in The Hans Popper Collection, 1973, p. 100, no. 62. A further example of the everted rim type, from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, was sold in our New York rooms in December 1994 lot 152.
The lid form of the current example suggests that it was not a censer, but that it may have been used to contain offerings.