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2018 Spring Auctions
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

181
A LARGE FOUR-TIERED SANCAI-GLAZED STUPA(Five Dynasties Period (AD 907-960))

79 cm. (31 1/8 in.) high.

Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, S.C.

Large Buddhist stupas made for religious purposes are exceptionally rare and only a small number have been published. Compare with a Tang dynasty example preserved in the Shanxi History Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, Vol.6, Shanghai, 2000, pl.128; and another example illustrated by Seiichi Mizuno, Tousansai (Tang Sancai), Heibonsha, Japan, 1977, Vol.35, p.125, fig.65. A third sancai-glazed example dated to the Tang dynasty was sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 14 June 2007, lot 116.
Provenance:
Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1990s

Price estimate:
HKD: 200, 000 - 300, 000
USD: 25, 600 - 38, 500

Auction Result:
HKD: --

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