A rare green-splashed 'dragon' ewer, Tang dynasty

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Property Formerly in the Sze Yuan Tang Collection Height 18.5 cm, 7¼ in. While white-glazed ewers of this elaborate sculptural form are attested, it is extremely rare to find an example enrobed in green copper-oxide splashes. Compare a closely related green-splashed ewer uncovered from the famous Belitung Shipwreck (ca. 830 CE), illustrated in Shipwrecked. Tang Treasure, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 2011, p. 46. The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, C-Link Research & Development Ltd., no. 9432XA27.

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