Live Auction 18823Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A VERY RARE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A BUILDING
Lot 1806 PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTION

A VERY RARE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A BUILDING

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Closed25 September 2020

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A VERY RARE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A BUILDING
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The rectangular building has a ribbed tile roof above two male attendants, standing on either side of a doorway through which can be seen a lady, all covered in green, amber and straw glaze.
10 1/8 in. (25.8 cm.) long

Bertrand Collins, Collins & Moffat Chinese Antiques, Seattle, 1954.
John Yeon (1910-1994) Collection, Portland, Oregon.

Specialist note


Sancai-glazed architectural models from Tang dynasty, such as the present example, are very rare and serve as important documents of the architectrural styles of Tang dynasty. A very similar sancai-glazed model of a house with courtyard and separately made figures and animals from Tongchuan city, Shaanxi, is in the Yaozhou Kiln Museum, is illustrated in National Treasure Collection of Rare Cultural Relics of Shaanxi Province, Tang Sancai (Zhong hua guo bao, Tang Sancai juan), 1999, pp.100-101.

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no.C119s6 is consistent with the dating of this lot.