5th Mar, 2021 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A STRAW GLAZED POTTERY AMPHORA, LONGBINGHU, TANG
唐代白釉雙龍耳瓶
Sold for €1,390
including Buyer's Premium
China, 618-907. The body of baluster form rising from the flat base to a slightly concave neck and a cup-shaped mouth with an everted lip, with two strap handles on the shoulder terminating in dragon heads in the mouth, giving the appearance that the mythical beasts are drinking from the amphora.
Provenance: French private collection. Japanese collector’s inscription to base.
Condition: Fair condition with significant old wear, pitting, the glaze with some flakes, recesses, and signs of weathering and erosion, all absolutely consistent with age.
Weight: 2,475 g
Dimensions: Height 38 cm
Covered overall in a translucent and finely crackled glaze of pale yellowish tint stopping unevenly around the center of the body to reveal the buff ware.
Vases of this elegant form, with full rounded shoulders and a pair of sweeping handles in the form of sinuous dragons, illustrate the international spirit of the Tang dynasty. Known in Chinese as longbinghu, “dragon-handled jars”, their form was inspired by silver and glass vases made in the Roman Empire and brought to China through the Silk Route. The Tang potters cleverly adapted Western forms to suit contemporary taste by modelling the handles in the form of dragons biting the vessel’s rim.
Literature comparison: Examples of dragon-handled amphoras, both with white and amber-brown glazes, have been found in Gongyi city, Henan province, not far from the Gongyi kiln site, one of the foremost producers of Tang pottery. A reconstructed example, unearthed from a Tang dynasty tomb at Beiyaowan, near Gongyi, was included in the exhibition Ceramic Finds from Henan, University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 1997, cat. no. 12. A similar amphora from the collection of Robert W. de Forest, now in the Newark Museum, was included in the exhibition Chinese Art from the Newark Museum, China Institute in America, New York, 1980, cat. no. 9.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related but slightly larger Tang amphora sold by Sotheby’s New York in A Noble Pursuit: Important Chinese And Korean Art from A Japanese Private Collection on 11 September 2019, lot 526, for USD 50,000.
唐代白釉雙龍耳瓶
中國，618-907。卷沿，盤口，細長頸，豐肩鼓腹，平底。雙龍耳高聳於口沿，垂至肩部。頸和肩部劃雙弦紋，精細絕倫。
來源：法國私人收藏Japanese collector’s inscription to base.
品相：狀況良好，有舊磨損。細微點蝕，釉面輕微開片、些許凹陷以及風化侵蝕痕跡。品相與年代絕對相符。
重量：2,475 克
尺寸：高 38 厘米
施白釉不到底，白釉稍泛青色，有極細的紋片。灰白胎。
拍賣結果比較：一件相近但更大些的唐代雙龍耳瓶售于紐約蘇富比A Noble Pursuit: Important Chinese And Korean Art from A Japanese Private Collection 拍場，2019年9月11日，lot 526, 售價 USD 50,000。
China, 618-907. The body of baluster form rising from the flat base to a slightly concave neck and a cup-shaped mouth with an everted lip, with two strap handles on the shoulder terminating in dragon heads in the mouth, giving the appearance that the mythical beasts are drinking from the amphora.
Provenance: French private collection. Japanese collector’s inscription to base.
Condition: Fair condition with significant old wear, pitting, the glaze with some flakes, recesses, and signs of weathering and erosion, all absolutely consistent with age.
Weight: 2,475 g
Dimensions: Height 38 cm
Covered overall in a translucent and finely crackled glaze of pale yellowish tint stopping unevenly around the center of the body to reveal the buff ware.
Vases of this elegant form, with full rounded shoulders and a pair of sweeping handles in the form of sinuous dragons, illustrate the international spirit of the Tang dynasty. Known in Chinese as longbinghu, “dragon-handled jars”, their form was inspired by silver and glass vases made in the Roman Empire and brought to China through the Silk Route. The Tang potters cleverly adapted Western forms to suit contemporary taste by modelling the handles in the form of dragons biting the vessel’s rim.
Literature comparison: Examples of dragon-handled amphoras, both with white and amber-brown glazes, have been found in Gongyi city, Henan province, not far from the Gongyi kiln site, one of the foremost producers of Tang pottery. A reconstructed example, unearthed from a Tang dynasty tomb at Beiyaowan, near Gongyi, was included in the exhibition Ceramic Finds from Henan, University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 1997, cat. no. 12. A similar amphora from the collection of Robert W. de Forest, now in the Newark Museum, was included in the exhibition Chinese Art from the Newark Museum, China Institute in America, New York, 1980, cat. no. 9.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related but slightly larger Tang amphora sold by Sotheby’s New York in A Noble Pursuit: Important Chinese And Korean Art from A Japanese Private Collection on 11 September 2019, lot 526, for USD 50,000.
唐代白釉雙龍耳瓶
中國，618-907。卷沿，盤口，細長頸，豐肩鼓腹，平底。雙龍耳高聳於口沿，垂至肩部。頸和肩部劃雙弦紋，精細絕倫。
來源：法國私人收藏Japanese collector’s inscription to base.
品相：狀況良好，有舊磨損。細微點蝕，釉面輕微開片、些許凹陷以及風化侵蝕痕跡。品相與年代絕對相符。
重量：2,475 克
尺寸：高 38 厘米
施白釉不到底，白釉稍泛青色，有極細的紋片。灰白胎。
拍賣結果比較：一件相近但更大些的唐代雙龍耳瓶售于紐約蘇富比A Noble Pursuit: Important Chinese And Korean Art from A Japanese Private Collection 拍場，2019年9月11日，lot 526, 售價 USD 50,000。
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