Asian Art Day One - 20th May 2009

Lot 187

A Chinese pottery sancai-glazed slender mallet-shaped bottle vase

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £4200

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Description

A Chinese pottery sancai-glazed slender mallet-shaped bottle vase, Tang dynasty 618-906 AD, 24cm. Provenance: Christie's New York, 30th March 2005, lot 256. A similar example may be found in the Royal Ontario Museum, T.T. Tsui Galleries, 1996, plate 69. Another similar bottle from the A & S Hartman Collection was sold by Christie's New York, 20th March, lot 119. Sold with no reserve