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3 - A pair of rare Chinese Yue ware funerary urns (hunping), Western Jin dynasty (265-316), each well-potted ovoid stoneware body applied with three rows of moulded decoration, including seated Buddhas, deities, phoenixes, Buddhist lions and other mythical beasts, the ridged shoulder supporting a three-tiered temple, its entrance flanked by a pagoda and a seated Buddha to each side, encircled by further Buddhas, bearded Central Asian figures, birds in flight and globular pots, all covered with an olive-green glaze (88cm high) (2) Footnote: For a similar item, see The Metropolitan Museum, Object Number 1992.165.21, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1988.21. 西晋 越窑神人楼阁纹青瓷魂瓶 一对 Condition Report: Both with firing cracks and small chips to edges. One with a corner of a roof restored and an appliqué missing. The other one with chips to the top of central tower and one censer with birds restored with losses. A large crack to the body and one appliqué chipped with losses.
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A pair of rare Chinese Yue ware funerary urns (hunping), Western Jin dynasty (265-316), each well-potted ovoid stoneware body applied with three rows of moulded decoration, including seated Buddhas, deities, phoenixes, Buddhist lions and other mythical beasts, the ridged shoulder supporting a three-tiered temple, its entrance flanked by a pagoda and a seated Buddha to each side, encircled by further Buddhas, bearded Central Asian figures, birds in flight and globular pots, all covered with an olive-green glaze (88cm high) (2) Footnote: For a similar item, see The Metropolitan Museum, Object Number 1992.165.21, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1988.21. 西晋 越窑神人楼阁纹青瓷魂瓶 一对 Condition Report: Both with firing cracks and small chips to edges. One with a corner of a roof restored and an appliqué missing. The other one with chips to the top of central tower and one censer with birds restored with losses. A large crack to the body and one appliqué chipped with losses.
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