Important Chinese Art

Important Chinese Art

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TANG SANCAI - THE SZE YUAN TANG COLLECTION | 思源堂舊藏唐三彩珍品

A GREEN-GLAZED CENSER, LATE TANG DYNASTY | 晚唐 綠釉香爐

Auction Closed

November 4, 07:52 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

TANG SANCAI - THE SZE YUAN TANG COLLECTION

思源堂舊藏唐三彩珍品

A GREEN-GLAZED CENSER

LATE TANG DYNASTY

晚唐 綠釉香爐


the deep lobed sides applied with floral rosettes, supported by four guardian figures on a stepped base, covered overall with a vibrant green glaze

Height 13 cm, 5⅛ in.

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The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford authentication Ltd., no. C205e75.


Compare this rather unusual censer with a vessel of the same shape and also covered with a green glaze, from the Charles B. Hoyt Collection, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated in The Charles B. Hoyt Collection. Memorial Exhibition, February 13 - March 30, 1952, Boston, 1952, p. 26. cat. no. 103.