An amber-glazed amphora


Tang DynastyThe baluster body rising to a rounded shoulder surmounted by a tall waisted neck and everted lipped rim, flanked by a pair of curved strap handles terminating in dragon heads biting the cup-shaped rim, splashed with an amber glaze stopping irregularly and exposing the unglazed lower body. 38.5cm (15 1/8in) high.
|唐 褐釉雙龍盤口尊Provenance: Bluett and Sons Ltd., London, 27 November 1989A distinguished English private collection來源：1989年11月27日，購於倫敦Bluett and Sons Ltd.英國顯貴私人收藏A related amphora, Tang dynasty, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and is illustrated by S.G.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, pl.64. Another is illustrated by R.Y.Lefebvre d'Argence, The Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art, San Francisco, 1973, pl.50.