THE LARRY LUCAS COLLECTION OF ASIAN WORKS OF ARTLARRY LUCAS 亞洲藝術收藏Lots 20 to 76Mr Larry Lucas, a British-born businessman, started collecting Asian Art as a university student in the late 1960s in Cambridge. As the co-founder of the Asian Art Institute of Australia, Larry has organised various exhibitions and lectures since 2008, providing platforms for collectors, artists, researchers and scholars, and promoting knowledge and appreciation of Asian art.Larry Lucas 先生出生於英國，早於上世紀六十年代劍橋求學時，即熱衷收藏，至今近半世紀。2008年在悉尼於三五志趣相投的好友成立澳大利亞亞洲藝術協會，多年來舉辦講座、展覽，為當地乃至世界收藏同好、藝術家及學者提供交流平台。






A pair of sancai moulded square dishes


Liao dynasty, 11th century or later11.4 x 2.6 x 12.0cm (2).
|Provenance:Apsara Asian Art, SydneyExhibited:Objects of Desire: the Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics from Song to Yuan Dynasties, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 12 to 13 October 2013Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the same name, Sydney, p. 92, pl. 87Possibly made in the Nanshan kilns of inner Mongolia, the only Liao kilns to have produced sancai lead-glaze pieces, this pair of plates embody the technical continuation from the Tang dynasty, with its form heavily influenced by the metalware that was central to the Khitan culture. 遼　三彩印花方盤一對傳承：悉尼 Apsara 亞洲藝術展出：中國瓷器經典時期：宋元， 澳大利亞亞洲藝術協會，2013年10月12日至13日出版於同名圖錄，悉尼，圖版號87，頁92此對三彩小碟或為內蒙古林東南山窯燒製。南山窯是目前僅知遼代產鉛釉陶瓷的窯口，製作基本承襲唐代工藝，器型多有契丹民族特色，乃中國陶瓷史上由陶至瓷過渡的重要階段。