A RARE CHINESE CIZHOU-TYPE CARVED GREEN GLAZED EWER FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD (907-979)

Description: A RARE CHINESE CIZHOU-TYPE CARVED GREEN GLAZED EWER
FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD (907-979)
The slender stoneware ewer carved in deep relief with scrolling peonies, with a spout to the shoulder in the form of a flower bud, the mouth with an undulating rim. Two Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition labels to base, one for 1949, item 117, the other for 1955, item 156. Collection label to base for Alfred and Ivy Clark Collection, with hand written number 402.
30cm high, 12cm wide

PROVENANCE:
Alfred and Ivy Clark Collection, item 402.

EXHIBITIONS:
Oriental Ceramic Society, 1949, item 117.
Oriental Ceramic Society, 1955, item 156.

Condition:

Condition: Significant degradation to the green glaze. Old restoration to the upper part of the neck below the mouth, and the mouth rim. Multiple small chips to the foot rim.

LJ delivery size: Small

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