Lot 78. A sancai-glazded pottery tray with fourteen cups, Tang dynasty (618-907). The tray: 22.7 cm, 9  in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

the rim of the tray splashed with a green, ochre and straw-coloured glaze, leaving the unglazed buff-coloured body to the interior and exterior, the cups similarly glazed to the interior, fitted box. Quantité: 16.

Exhibited: Chugoku bijutsu ten series: Zui To no bijutsu [Chinese Art exhibition series; The art of Sui and Tang dynasty], Osaka Art Museum, Osaka, 1976, Vol.3, 1~143, Oct 10th - Nov 14th 1976.

Literature: Sekai Toji Zenshu 9 Zui To Hen [Collection of World's Ceramics Sui Tang] , vol 9, Tokyo, 1961, pl. 103.