A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED SQUARE DISHES AND A SANCAI-GLAZED QUATREFOIL 'LOTUS' DISH Liao Dynasty (3)

A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED SQUARE DISHES AND A SANCAI-GLAZED QUATREFOIL 'LOTUS' DISH Liao Dynasty Each square dish with foliate edges and moulded with flowerheads and leaves accented in green and amber on a straw glazed ground, the base unglazed, 12.7cm (5in) wide; the shallow four-lobed dish with a flat amber and green-glazed rim decorated with a floral scroll, with a single large lotus bloom on the interior painted in dark green and amber on a straw-coloured ground, the unglazed base exposing the grey-buff ware, 27cm (10 5/8in) wide. (3). Footnotes: 遼 三彩印花海棠式長盤及方盤 一組三件 Provenance: a European private collection, and thence by descent Sancai-glazed dishes such as the present lots were constructed over moulds with decorative motifs incorporated on it. The shape, based on gold and silver prototype, would have been relatively easy to produce in sheet metal and more difficult to make in clay. Several related Liao dynasty oblong plates with foliate rims include one illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty I, Hong Kong, 1996, p.281, no.255; see also two related examples of sancai-glazed oblong dishes with foliate rims, Liao dynasty, decorated with flowers, unearthed from the Liao dynasty tomb in Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, illustrated by H.M Chen, Gilded Splendor. Treasures of China's Liao Empire (907-1125), New York, 2006, p.359. Two related sancai-glazed square dishes, Liao dynasty, in the Museum of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, are illustrated by Ibid., p.353. Compare with a similar sancai-glazed quatrefoil saucer dish, Liao dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Paris, on 20 April 2022, lot 244. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing