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A PAINTED GREY POTTERY LION STAND
Tang Dynasty

Priestley & Ferraro: Three Decades in Chinese Art (1994-2025) (Online)

29 October – 7 November 2025, 12:00 GMT

Online, London, New Bond Street

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The central cylindrical receptacle rising from a flat base, encircled by four lions crouching on their paws, the heads turned outward in alert poses with bulging eyes, their gaping jaws revealing fangs, each detailed with incised mane, with traces of white slip and red pigment remaining. 26.5cm (10 1/2in) wide.

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Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

唐加彩灰陶獅頭瓶托

Provenance:
Acquired in Hong Kong, 18 January 2002

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
Priestley & Ferraro, Recent Acquisitions, London, 2002
Priestley & Ferraro, Timeless Creatures: Animals in Early Chinese Pottery and 20th Century Ink Paintings, London, Summer 2024, no.16

來源：
獲得於香港，2002年1月18日

展覽著錄：
Priestley & Ferraro，《Recent Acquisitions》，倫敦，2002
Priestley & Ferraro，《Timeless Creatures: Animals in Early Chinese Pottery and 20th Century Ink Paintings》，倫敦，2024年夏季，編號16

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C102a1, dated 15 January 2002, is consistent with the dating of this lot

本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測，編號C102a1（2002年1月15日），結果與其斷代相符

This rare stand was designed to support a 'pagoda-shaped' jar: an ovoid vessel with a tall, tiered cover. Such jars, produced mainly in northern China, are known to rest on a variety of supports, most commonly lotus bases, though examples with animals such as elephants, and more rarely lions, are also recorded.

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