Well-potted with an eight-lobed body rising from a circular foot, to a tapering shoulder and tall cylindrical neck flaring at the rim, a strap handle set on one side with a small ring at the top, the slender, curved spout rising from the shoulder opposite the handle, decorated with two horizontal bands on the trumpet neck by the top of the handle, one band along the rim, and five incised bands around the body, incised feather decoration by the base of the spout and handle, the cover with a turned finial within an incised double ring, covered overall with a transparent pale blue glaze pooling to a darker tone within the recesses, the base unglazed. The lid might not be original since it’s missing a corresponding ring for attachment to the handle, but it’s most probably from the same period.
Period: Southern Song - Yuan dynasty (12th-14th Century)
Size: Height 16.3 cm, length 13.7 cm
Condition: Very good condition, minor surface wear, the rim with 1 chip and 2 very small cracks (ca 4 and 6 mm), the spout with a very superficial chip. Examined under UV-light.
Provenance: From the collection of Paul R. Wedendal (1924-2010). Part of the collection was sold by Bukowskis, Stockholm in June 2011.
SKU: 38
References: A comparable ewer was excavated in Jian City, Shandong. It is illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art unearthed in China - Shandong, Zhang Bai, Science Press, Bejing, 2008, Plate 135.
Similar ewers were excavated from Hutian kiln, Jingdezhen and are illustrated in Hutian Kiln Site in Jingdezhen – Report on excavations from 1988 to 1999, Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology Jingdezhen Museum of Civilian Kiln, Cultural Relics Press, 2007, Plate 73.
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