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4th to 7th century
Comprising a flask mould-impressed on one side with a pair of confronted vermillion birds and on the other with a single vermillion bird standing amongst scrolling leafy grapevines, the exterior covered in a yellowish-cream glaze, 19.5cm (7 3/4in) high; and a flask mould-impressed front and reverse each with a medallion enclosing a swirling dancer amidst leafy scrolls, the exterior covered in a chocolate brown glaze, 13cm (5 1/8in) high; each with a fitted box.
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四至七世紀 黃釉印花朱雀紋雙系扁壺 及醬釉印花胡人舞蹈紋雙系扁壺 一組兩件
Provenance: The 'vermillion bird' flask: J.J. Lally and Co., New York
The 'foreign dancer' flask: J.J. Lally and Co., New York, 2000
Stephen Kunian (d.2024), Boston
來源: 黃釉印花朱雀紋雙系扁壺:紐約古董商J.J. Lally and Co.
醬釉印花胡人舞蹈紋雙系扁壺:紐約古董商J.J. Lally and Co,2000
Stephen Kunian(2024年去世),美國波士頓
Both the form and decoration of the brown glazed flask reflect foreign influences: its shape derives from the West, while the depiction of a whirling dancer draws upon the artistic and cultural traditions of Sogdia. See a possible prototype of an Egyptian pilgrim flask with Saint Menas, 4th-7th century, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.x.197). Compare the brown glazed 'dancer' flask with a similar pilgrim's flask with Central Asian dancers, Northern Qi dynasty (late 6th century), in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.2001.629).
Compare the ochre glazed 'phoenix' flask with a similar flask with mythical birds, Northern Dynasties (386-581 AD), in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by S.G.Valenstein, , New York, 2007, p.119. See also a similar yellow glazed 'vermillion bird' (朱雀 ) flask, the Northern Dynasties to the Sui dynasty, excavated in 1973 in Luancheng County, Hebei Province, in the collection of Shijiazhuang Museum, illustrated in (中國出土瓷器全集), vol.3, Beijing, 2008, p.17.
See a related amber-glazed 'musicians' flask, Northern Qi dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 4 November 2020, lot 208.