ID 718696
Lot 1025 | A RARE PALE CREAM-GLAZED TORTOISE-FORM WATER DROPPER
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
SONG-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
The vessel is modeled in the form of a tortoise with its open mouth forming the spout. The shell is set with a rope-twist handle, and the vessel is covered in a pale beigish-cream glaze.
4 1⁄2 in. (11.5 cm.) long, cloth box
Provenance
The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.
Literature
Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion of Ephemeral Attainment, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1950, no. 2.
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Sui dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Sui dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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