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Lot 118

A VERY RARE CHINESE AMBER-GLAZED POTTERY 'DRAGON' RHYTON CUP, TANG DYNASTY (618 - 907)
of horn shape, the curled dragon head terminal issuing a bifurcated foliate scroll joined to the side of the pointed oval mouth of the vessel, the rounded sides molded with petal-scroll motifs on a granulated ground, covered in yellow galze.

See Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 63 for a similar yellow glazed rhyton cup with a duck form.

An almost identical dragon cup is currently in the collection of the Bristol Museum, U.K. Three other related sancai rhytons see Henan Provincial Museum Collection; Shaanxi History Museum Collection; Sotheby's New York, 13th Sep., 2017, lot 76, sold for 516,500 USD.

唐 黃釉龍首來通杯
14.5cm wide; 7cm high

Estimate $18,000 - $35,000

Sold for $17,000

The mouth might have been broken into three sections and restored, with associated overpaintings.


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Important Chinese and Asian Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8791
11:00am - 2 November 2025
Hawthorn

VIEWING
Thur 30 Oct - Sat 1 Nov, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC

CONTACT
Luke Guan
asianart@leonardjoel.com.au

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