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A DRAGON-HANDLED BALUSTER AMPHORA VASE

China, Tang dynasty (618-906 AD). Height 40 cm. Ø 21 cm

Starting price:
120 000 CZK / 4 528 EUR

Auction:Asian Works of Art 25/11/2015, 15:00

Elegantly potted with tapering ovoid body, slender waisted neck and a pair of curved double-strap handles applied with bosses and terminating in dragon heads that bite the dish-shaped mouth, all glazed in caramel glaze that ends in an irregular line on the body. Restored. Provenance: Collection of Karel Holan (1915–1997).
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