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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A LARGE STRAW-GLAZED AMPHORA
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The tall, ovoid body is applied on the shoulder with four leaf-shaped appliqués impressed with foliate motifs, below a grooved triple band around the neck flanked by a pair of double-strap handles rising to the dragon-head terminals which are biting the rim of the cup-shaped mouth decorated with appliqué. The vessel is covered with a glaze of pale grey-green tone stopping in an irregular line on the lower body to expose the whitish ware.
16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) high, Japanese double wood box
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The tall, ovoid body is applied on the shoulder with four leaf-shaped appliqués impressed with foliate motifs, below a grooved triple band around the neck flanked by a pair of double-strap handles rising to the dragon-head terminals which are biting the rim of the cup-shaped mouth decorated with appliqué. The vessel is covered with a glaze of pale grey-green tone stopping in an irregular line on the lower body to expose the whitish ware.
16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) high, Japanese double wood box
Provenance
In Japan before 1964.
Private collection, Osaka.
Private collection, Osaka.
Literature
Nihon Tōji Kyōkai, Chūgoku kotōji Tō-Sō meitō ten, Tokyo, 1964, no. 54.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Nihon Tōji Kyōkai, Chūgoku kotōji Tō-Sō meitō ten, 10-22 April 1964.
Goto Musuem exhibition (according to label).
Goto Musuem exhibition (according to label).
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