A VERY RARE YUE INCISED AND INSCRIBED ‘FLORAL’ EWER AND COVER, FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960)

A VERY RARE YUE INCISED AND INSCRIBED ‘FLORAL’ EWER AND COVER
FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960)
The globular body is finely incised with stylised floral blooms separated by cloud scrolls below a band of petals, applied to the shoulders with a gently curved spout and an upright arched handle. The base is incised with a character qian ‘thousand’. The cover with a double-bud finial is similarly incised with cloud scrolls on both steps, pierced on one side with two apertures for attachment. Both ewer and cover are covered with a thin glaze of pale sea-green tone, with the exception of spur marks on the undersides and interior of the ewer, revealing the very fine, greyish-white biscuit body.
8 13/16 in. (22.1 cm.) high overall, box

Provenance

Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong

PROPERTY FROM THE YI LAN TANG COLLECTION