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Lot #8 - Chinese Liao Dynasty (907-1125) Saddle Flask

  • Auction House:
    Aalders Auctions
  • Sale Name:
    Asian Art
  • Sale Date:
    05 May 2019 ~ 10.30am (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    8
  • 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)
  • References:
    Margaret Medley, t'ang Pottery & Porcelain, London, 1981, ill 126, p131
  • 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.
  • Estimate:
    A$1,500 - 2,500
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Oriental

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