Lot 241
CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED 'MOTHER AND CHILD' POTTERY OIL LAMP
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
東漢 綠釉陶母子俑燭臺 帶木盒
moulded of a kneeling Middle Eastern figure with left knee raised holding a child, both wearing conical hats, the adult figure holding a stem extending to the left shoulder as a cylindrical vessel, the green glaze now iridescent due to oxidisation, the underside revealing the terracotta brick-red body, with a Japanese wooden box tomobako
Dimensions
30.5cm high
Provenance
Private collection, London; with a circular label on the base: ‘Marchant, Han to Song 2018, 1';
Formerly sold by T. Edo Inouye & Son, Tokyo;
Formerly sold by Mr K. Fujishiro, Asahi Art Co. Ltd., Tokyo;
Formerly sold by Mr M. Shimojo, Tokyo.
Published: S. Marchant: Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics Han to Song, London: Marchant Asian Art, 2018. pt. 1.
倫敦私人收藏；出自倫敦骨董商馬錢特，底含籤：‘Marchant, Han to Song 2018, 1’；
售自東京骨董商井上オリエンタルアート；
售自東京Asahi Art Co. Ltd，K. Fujishiro紳士；
售自東京M. Shimojo紳士。
出版：S. Marchant：《Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics Han to Song》 ，倫敦：Marchant Asian Art，2018，圖版1。
Footnote
A similar oil lamp was included by Aileen Lau and Dr Kenson Kwok in the exhibition, Spirit of Han, National Museum of Singapore, 1991, no. 177, p. 156; The typical model has the oil lamp attached to the head of the kneeling figure, three others were also included in the above exhibition, nos. 174, 175 & 176, pp. 158, 159; Another, in the British Museum, is included by Lawrence Smith and Jessica Rawson in The World's Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics, Vol. 5, colour plate 63; Another, from a private collection in Kyoto, is included by Masahiko Sato in Chinese Pottery Figures, no. 71, p. 93.