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15 mai 2016

A sancai-glazed duck water dropper, Tang Dynasty

A sancai-glazed duck water dropper, Tang Dynasty

Lot 22. Property from the Cunliffe Collection. A sancai-glazed duck water dropper, Tang Dynasty; 4.5cm (1 3/4in) high. Sold for £2,750 (€3,491). © Bonhams 2001-2016.

Naturalistically modelled, the layered feathers of the broad wings delineated with rows of curls, tapering towards the upturned tail, glazed in bands of blue, amber and cream. 

ProvenanceRolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 
The Cunliffe Collection , no.PT22, and thence by descent

Exhibited and PublishedOriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, London, 25 February - 30 March 1955, no.294

Bonhams. AUCTION 23237: FINE CHINESE ART, 10:30 BST - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET

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