PAIR OF PAINTED GREY POTTERY TRIPOD VESSELS AND COVERS, DING
HAN DYNASTY
£1,764
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
漢 彩繪灰陶雲氣紋鼎帶蓋（一對）
each of the compressed globular body following the archaistic bronze form, raised on cabriole legs, pierced out-turn handles flanked the mouth, the domed cover with a short ring as finial, painted with geometric and curvilinear designs in white, purple, yellow, red pigments against a greyish black ground
Dimensions
25cm wide each
Provenance
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 9 June 1992, lot 86, with a copy of the catalogue.
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: Cer.122.
Footnote
Note: Some tomb pottery was decorated with pigments applied after firing to mimic the form and decoration of vessels made of more precious materials such as lacquer or bronze. The shape and decoration on the lid are comparable with one in the Popper Collection, illustrated in The Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art, by René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé, Kodansha International, 1973, pl.6. Also see a painted pottery hu, Han dynasty, with similar decoration, is illustrated in Asiatic Art In the Seattle Art Museum, by H. Trubner, W. J. Rathbun, & C. A. Kaputa, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 1973, pl. 84.
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