Lot 11. An amber-glazed amphora, Tang Dynasty (618-907); 38.5cm (15 1/8in) high. Estimate £ 3,000 - 5,000 (€ 3,500 - 5,800). © Bonhams 2001-2019.

The baluster body rising to a rounded shoulder surmounted by a tall waisted neck and everted lipped rim, flanked by a pair of curved strap handles terminating in dragon heads biting the cup-shaped rim, splashed with an amber glaze stopping irregularly and exposing the unglazed lower body. 

Provenance: Bluett and Sons Ltd., London, 27 November 1989
A distinguished English private collection.

Note: A related amphora, Tang dynasty, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and is illustrated by S.G.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, pl.64. Another is illustrated by R.Y.Lefebvre d'Argence, The Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art, San Francisco, 1973, pl.50.

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, London, 16 May 2019