Chinese Dignitary In Sancai Style Enameled Stoneware. China Ming Dynasty 17th Century Or Before.

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Object description :

"Chinese Dignitary In Sancai Style Enameled Stoneware. China Ming Dynasty 17th Century Or Before."

Chinese dignitary cast in stoneware, enamelled with Sancaî type colors (three colors), here in fact there are 4, a manganese, a yellow ocher, a green and a beautiful celestial blue. The colors were particularly well fired and are bright. The character is grimacing. This type of stoneware was widely used in China for creating tiles and large statues. The famous tower pagoda of Nanking, destroyed in the 19th century, was partly covered by plates of this type of Sancaï enameled stoneware. China Ming dynasty, 17th century or earlier.

Price: 600 €