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AN INTERESTING CHINESE CELADON CERAMIC VESSEL Yueh ware, Six Dynasties period. Figural water pot or brush washer in the form of a porcine animal, whose cylindrical muzzle forms the mouth of the vessel, legs, ears, tail, handle, snout and eyes all separately applied. A nanve, but brilliantly executed work of humorous character, probably intended for the scholar’s desk. Height 4 inches (10.2 cm). Estimate $500-800 Provenance: Warren E. Cox LITERATURE: Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. I, Crown Publishers, New York, 1970, page 100, plate26, illustrated |
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A CHINESE HAN-STYLE CENSER Six Dynasties period, possibly Yueh ware. Dragon handled tripod form. Height 5.25 inches, 13.5 cm. Estimate $500-800 Provenance: Ex Plumer Collection, C.T. Loo |
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A PAIR OF GLAZED TEA BOWLS, including a Song-style Dark glazed tea bowl with flowering plum branches in the interior in dark slip. Although possibly an early Japanese copy (as indicated by the heavy potting at the base of the sides) dating to the early Edo Period or earlier. Height 2 inches, 5.2 cm. Together with a black-glazed “hare’s fur” Jian ware tea bowl from a kiln waste pile, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279 AD), Fujian Province. The bowl is filled with collapsed material that was unintentionally fired into it and subsequently discarded by the potters. An interesting example of a production accident from this very famous and much studied pottery area in Fujian Province. Height 2.25 inches, 5.5 cm. Estimate $400-600 |
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817 |
A NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY JAR. Hanan black glazed globular jar with applied lug handles. Unglazed base and foot. Height 5 inches (12.5 cm). Estimate $300-$500 |