AN EMERALD-GREEN AND SANCAI-GLAZED ‘GALLOPING HORSES’ APPLIQUÉ-DECORATED POTTERY JAR, TANG DYNASTY

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AN EMERALD-GREEN AND SANCAI-GLAZED ‘GALLOPING HORSES’ APPLIQUÉ-DECORATED POTTERY JAR, TANG DYNASTY Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 7 May 2009, based on sample number C109e98, sets the firing date of the two samples taken between 900 and 1500 years ago, consistent with the dating above. A copy of the report accompanies this lot. Expert’s note While jars of this form are well represented among Tang-dynasty ceramics, examples enriched with applied decoration like the present lot are notably rarer. The current vessel is further distinguished by the particularly imaginative motifs enlivening its surface, including horses in full stride and most remarkably two small handles modeled as crouching rabbits. Although the recumbent hare was a familiar motif in Tang-dynasty pottery, its use as a handle is highly unusual. The exceptional character and rarity of the jar are further underscored by its distinctive sancai palette, dominated by a rich emerald-green glaze covering almost the entire exterior and lending the vessel its remarkable visual richness and distinction. China, 618-907. Skillfully potted, the globular body is supported on a short, slightly tapered foot and rises to high, rounded shoulders, set with two small handles in the form of crouching rabbits, below a short, gently everted rim encircling a broad mouth. The exterior is applied with galloping horses amid blossoming lotus and smaller flower heads, all beneath a rich sancai glaze dominated by the characteristic emerald-green tone. The finely crackled glaze stops short of the base and the interior of the rim, revealing the buff ware. French Export License: Certificat d’exportation pour un bien culturel, nr. 129970, dated 19 August 2011, has been granted. A copy of this document accompanies this lot. Dimensions: Height 18.7 cm, Diameter 20.7 cm With an associated padded-silk storage box. (2) Literature comparison: Compare a closely related sancai glazed appliqué-decorated jar, dated Tang dynasty, 13.1 cm high, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession number 1940.44. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29 October 2024, lot 610 Price: HKD 900,000 or approx. EUR 103,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related glazes and appliqué decoration. Note the larger size (30 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2019, lot 121 Price: USD 75,000 or approx. EUR 85,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related form as well as the related decoration, albeit more dense and less figural than the present lot. Note the smaller size (11.8 cm) and that the jar is glazed solely in green.

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