A GLAZED WHITE STONEWARE EWER Tang dynasty
A GLAZED WHITE STONEWARE EWER
Tang dynasty
Well-potted with high shoulder tapering down to a slightly flared foot and flat base, the short straight neck with everted mouth, a double-strand handle connecting the mouth rim and the shoulder, opposite to the short straight spout, glazed inside and out a thin layer of transparent glaze, the base unglazed revealing a white slip over the high-fired stoneware body.
5 3/4in (14.6cm) high
Footnotes:
唐 白瓷執壺
A very similar white stoneware ewer in the collection of the Nezu Museum is illustrated in Special Exhibition Commemorating the Donations of Collections: Chinese Ceramics, Lacquer and Bronzes, Tokyo, 2011, p. 28, no. 22, described as high-fired pale grey body with a white slip.
Another similar ewer in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum is illustrated on the museum's website, object number 918.22.36, described as slipped stoneware, 2nd half of 8th-9th century A.D.
Condition Report: PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot. The ewer is in good condition with no break and no restoration. Glaze slightly worn at the lip. Glaze bubbles, glaze gap to spout, one firing defect to side of the neck, are all original to the making.
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A GLAZED WHITE STONEWARE EWER
Tang dynasty
Well-potted with high shoulder tapering down to a slightly flared foot and flat base, the short straight neck with everted mouth, a double-strand handle connecting the mouth rim and the shoulder, opposite to the short straight spout, glazed inside and out a thin layer of transparent glaze, the base unglazed revealing a white slip over the high-fired stoneware body.
5 3/4in (14.6cm) high
Footnotes:
唐 白瓷執壺
A very similar white stoneware ewer in the collection of the Nezu Museum is illustrated in Special Exhibition Commemorating the Donations of Collections: Chinese Ceramics, Lacquer and Bronzes, Tokyo, 2011, p. 28, no. 22, described as high-fired pale grey body with a white slip.
Another similar ewer in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum is illustrated on the museum's website, object number 918.22.36, described as slipped stoneware, 2nd half of 8th-9th century A.D.
Condition Report: PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot. The ewer is in good condition with no break and no restoration. Glaze slightly worn at the lip. Glaze bubbles, glaze gap to spout, one firing defect to side of the neck, are all original to the making.
