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Chinese Liao Dynasty (907-1125) saddle flask, with cylindrical…
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Sydney
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5-May-2019
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Chinese Liao Dynasty (907-1125) saddle flask, with cylindrical neck, above pressed loop handle, above tapering ovoid body, in a emerald green glaze, lower body unglazed, height 26 cm. Provenance: The collection of the late Savage, latterly Dorothy Fu (1930-2010) reference: Margaret Medley, Tang pottery & porcelain, London, 1981, ill 126, p131 catalogue note; Liao dynasty flasks, or saddle gourds, duplicate in ceramic a sheepskin pouch indigenous to nomadic culture. Two similarly elongated flasks of comparable are illustrated in the complete works of Chinese ceramics, vol. 9, Shanghai, 1999-2000, pls. 63 and 85. Another work of the same shape, but with mottled green glaze, is illustrated in Yutaka Mino, ceramics in the Liao Dynasty: north and south of the great wall, New York, 1973
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Antiquities: Asian