A SANCAI-GLAZED TRIPOD 'MYTHICAL BEAST-LEG' CENSER AND COVER

A SANCAI-GLAZED TRIPOD 'BEAST-LEG' CENSER AND COVER

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

Details

A SANCAI-GLAZED TRIPOD 'BEAST-LEG' CENSER AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
9 in. (23 cm.) wide, Japanese double wood boxes

Provenance

Japanese Collection, prior to 1995
Sold at Christie's New York, 26 March 2003, lot 196
Eskenazi, London
The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, purchased from Eskenazi, London, no. EK152

Literature

Chinese Ceramics: Sancai, Vol 3, Tokyo, 1995, no. 44

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Compare the related sancai splash-glazed tripod jar and cover from the Yokogawa Collection, now in the Tokyo National Museum, published in Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics I, 1988, p. 61, no. 235. On the present censer the glaze splashes are smaller and form a denser pattern, and the legs are surmounted by lion masks.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C103a68 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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