TWO SANCAI-GLAZED ROOF TILES
MING DYNASTY
£3,780
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 4 November 2022 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明 三彩普賢菩薩騎象及官人騎馬琉璃瓦（共兩件）
each moulded on an arched tile, one Samantabhadra Bodhisattva riding on his elephant and the other an officer riding on a cream-glazed caparisoned horse, both covered in green, brown and amber glazes on the stoneware body
Dimensions
heights: 39cm and 39.5cm
Provenance
Provenance: Collection of the late Mr Theodore Schrire of Cape Town (1906 -1991), thence by inheritance
Footnote
Note: Two comparable Ming dynasty sancai equestrian-form roof-tiles of warriors are in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1937,0716.107 and 1962,1019.2; a pair of sancai equestrian-form roof tiles, also dated to the Ming dynasty and similar in the form and glazes, were in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1912 and then sold at Christie's New York, 15 Sep 2016, lot 85