A RARE GREEN-GLAZED STONEWARE LAMP SUI DYNASTY, 6TH CENTURY AD

supported on a wide shallow tray, the kneeling figure resting on a circular plinth, applied with a ring of pendent lotus petals, gripping the rim of the holder in his hand, supporting a cylindrical nozzle with four cylindrical grooves, the glassy crackled glaze of translucent olive-green color and variable thickness

Sotheby's London, 6th July 1976, lot 78.
The British Rail Pension Fund Collection.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1977 - 1988.

There is a 3/4 inch long haircrack running up from the footrim which ends where the circular tray joins the foot. There is a 1/2 inch chip to the outer edge of the tray. There is a half inch chip to the outer edge of the upper tray and a shallow one inch chip to the upper tray above the right hand of the figure.
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