A green-glazed Changsha bowl. Tang dynasty (618-907), 9th century - image-1

Lot 521 Dα

A green-glazed Changsha bowl. Tang dynasty (618-907), 9th century

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
10.06.2016, 14:00 - Asian Art II incl. The Helmersen Coll. of Chinese Art
Estimate: 700 € - 900 €
Result: 3.968 € (incl. premium)
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A green-glazed Changsha bowl. Tang dynasty (618-907), 9th century

A green-glazed Changsha bowl with rounded sides, decorated with spiral motifs. Tang dynasty, 9th century.
Diameter 15.3 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland

Literature

The bowl comes from the so-called Belitung shipwreck (Batu Hitam) from the Tang period, an Arab Dhow, foundered on a reef off the coast of Belitung, a small island in the Java Sea. The ship sank around 830 and was salvaged in 1999.
Compare: Regina Krahl, Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds, Singapore 2011.
Compare: Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London 1994, vol. 1, no. 165