A SANCAI-GLAZED 'MANDARIN DUCKS' PILLOW TANG DYNASTY | 唐三彩刻鴛鴦紋小方枕

Auction Closed

November 4, 07:52 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 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 SANCAI-GLAZED 'MANDARIN DUCKS' PILLOW

TANG DYNASTY

唐三彩刻鴛鴦紋小方枕

of rectangular shape, finely incised on the top and bottom with two mandarin ducks picked out in green and straw-glaze within a medallion enclosed by circles, the sides with a resist-decorated pattern in amber and green on a cream ground

Width 11 cm, 4⅓ in.

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The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford authentication Ltd., no. C112a45.

A SANCAI-GLAZED 'MANDARIN DUCKS' PILLOW TANG DYNASTY | 唐 三彩刻鴛鴦紋小方枕

A SANCAI-GLAZED 'MANDARIN DUCKS' PILLOW TANG DYNASTY | 唐三彩刻鴛鴦紋小方枕