A SANCAI GLAZED JAR TANG DYNASTY, XI'AN KILN 三彩罐 唐  three-co...

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£1,500

A SANCAI GLAZED JAR
TANG DYNASTY, XI'AN KILN
三彩罐 唐 
three-colour glazed jar of ovoid form with gently flaring rim, painted on the shoulder with five petals in green, cream and chestnut glaze and incised with three concentric bands, dripping down towards the unglazed buff-coloured smooth unglazed pottery body, the flat base unglazed

PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of a Lady

NOTE: A slightly larger 'sancai' jar is included by Junkichi Mayuyama in 'Mayuyama, Seventy Years,' no. 257, p.96

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Good overall condition with signs of age