A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY QUATREFOIL DISH


Liao dynastyOf oblong shape, the shallow sides rising to a wide, flat barbed rim, impressed with a foliate scroll, the flat well impressed with three lotus medallions against a feather-patterned ground, the design accented with green and ocher glaze, the unglazed base partially revealing a layer of white slip. 10 3/8in (26.3cm) long
|遼 三彩海棠式蓮紋盤Provenance:Ruth and Richard Dickes Acquired in New York City, 7 December 2000Two similar examples, one with a green ground basin and one with a white ground as the present example, were excavated in Xiaoliuzhangzi, Nincheng county, Inner Mongolia and dated to the 11th century, see Gilded Splendor, Treasures of China's Liao Empire, Asia Society and Museum, New York, 2006, pp. 358-359, cat. nos. 116 a-b. The exhibition catalog notes shape and decor were inspired by gold and silver prototypes, although arriving at this shape in clay would be more difficult than metal.