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SANCAI-GLAZED BISCUIT MONKEY-FORM EWER
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CATALOGUE NUMBER 0289
SANCAI-GLAZED BISCUIT
MONKEY-FORM EWER
KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722)
DIMENSIONS
Height: 5 ⅞ inches
PROVENANCE
Marchant, Ltd., London, 2000
CATALOGUE NOTES
A biscuit monkey ewer, holding a drinking vessel in his hands, forming the spout, his back with a pouring hole and handle, from which issue pine branches, splashed with green and yellow glaze simulating the sancai glaze of the Tang dynasty. Related Examples: For another monkey ewer, with turquoise, amber and yellow glaze see The Copeland Collection -- The Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts by William R. Sargent, pl. 31.
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