Lot 31
Lot 31
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FOUR CHANGSHA GLAZED VESSELS

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Price Realised USD 2,125
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USD 1,500 - USD 2,000
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FOUR CHANGSHA GLAZED VESSELS

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Price Realised USD 2,125
Price Realised USD 2,125
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The group comprises three amber and olive-glazed jars painted on the shoulder with radiating brushstrokes, and a pottery ewer with three loop handles and a short spout, decorated with green floral sprays on the shoulder.
1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) across; 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) across; 1¾ (4.5 cm.) across; 4 in. (10.1 cm) high


Provenance
First:
Jen Chai Art Gallery, Inc., 1965.
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.

Second:
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.

Third:
J.T. Tai & Company, 1965, no. A-307/7.
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.

Fourth:
Howard Hollis.
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Exhibited
First and second:
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics form the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 9 July-31 October 1987.

Third:
New York, China Institute of America, Inc., Early Chinese Miniatures, 1977.
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics form the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 9 July-31 October 1987.

Fourth:
New York, Columbia University Low Memorial Library, The Columbia University Exhibition of 3000 Years of the Ceramic Art and Ancient Sculpture of China from the Sackler Collections, 11 November 1962-18 January 1963.
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics form the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 9 July-31 October 1987.

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