Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
TANG SANCAI - THE SZE YUAN TANG COLLECTION | 思源堂舊藏唐三彩珍品
A RARE GREEN AND AMBER-GLAZED 'CARP' OIL LAMP TANG DYNASTY | 唐 三彩鯉魚形油燈
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November 4, 07:52 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
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TANG SANCAI - THE SZE YUAN TANG COLLECTION
思源堂舊藏唐三彩珍品
A RARE GREEN AND AMBER-GLAZED 'CARP' OIL LAMP
TANG DYNASTY
唐 三彩鯉魚形油燈
in the shape of a carp grasping a lotus leaf in its mouth, the vessel entirely covered with a green glaze, with further attractive amber splashes on the leaf and the head
Length 13.5 cm, 5¼ in.
思源堂收藏
While oil lamps in the form of animals and birds were popular in the Tang dynasty, those modelled as fish are rare, and only one related example, in the Art Institute of Chicago, accession no. 1964.1073, appears to be known.
Compare also two oil lamps in the form of ducks, one excavated in Gongyi city, Henan province, the other from the collection of the Chang Foundation, Taipei, both illustrated in Zhongguo gu ciyao daxi. Zhongguo Gongyi yao/Series of China’s Ancient Porcelain Kiln Sites. Gongyi Kiln of China, Beijing, 2011, the former pp. 191f., 249, 317 and 441, the latter p. 334.