Lot #8 - Chinese Liao Dynasty (907-1125) Saddle Flask
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Auction House:Aalders Auctions
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Sale Name:Asian Art
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Sale Date:05 May 2019 ~ 10.30am (AEST)
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Lot #:8
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Lot Description:Chinese Liao Dynasty (907-1125) Saddle Flask
with cylindrical neck, above pressed loop handle, above tapering ovoid body, in a emerald green glaze, lower body unglazed, h 26cm -
Provenance:The Collection of the late Dorothy Savage, latterly Dorothy Fu (1930-2010)
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References:Margaret Medley, t'ang Pottery & Porcelain, London, 1981, ill 126, p131
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Notes:Liao dynasty flasks, or saddle gourds, duplicate in ceramic a sheepskin pouch indigenous to nomadic culture. Two similarly elongated flasks of comparable are illustrated in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 9, Shanghai, 1999-2000, pls. 63 and 85. Another work of the same shape, but with mottled green glaze, is illustrated in Yutaka Mino, Ceramics in the Liao Dynasty: North and South of the Great Wall, New York, 1973.
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Estimate:A$1,500 - 2,500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Oriental
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