A 'YUE' LAMP SIX DYNASTIES

the body with gently curved sides rising from a flat base to an everted rim, the interior with a small tripod vessel, covered overall with an olive-green glaze, 12.5cm., 4 7/8 in; together with a similarly glazed model of an animal pen

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 14 (lamp).

Chinese Ceramic Treasures. A Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 17 (model).

lamp: This is in good condition and was inspected under UV light showing no fluorescence. The glaze degrading throughout to a silvery iridescence. The interior of the tripod vessel with some chipping to the glaze. An approximately 4 mm burst air chip to the glaze above one of the tripod legs. Scattered kiln grit throughout. Note that this has additional Provenance: John Sparks Ltd, London (according to label). model of animal pen: In good condition and was inspected under UV light showing no fluorescence. The glaze suffused with craquelure and somewhat degraded. Kiln grit to the interior and kiln adhesion on the exterior.
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