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Lot #128 - A Very Rare Ovoid Phosphatic Ewer, Tang Dynasty, 8th-9th Century

  • Auction House:
    Mossgreen
  • Sale Name:
    Fine Chinese Works of Art & Ceramics (Part II)
  • Sale Date:
    12 Dec 2016 ~ 6.30pm
  • Lot #:
    128
  • Lot Description:
    A Very Rare Ovoid Phosphatic Ewer, Tang Dynasty, 8th-9th Century
    the spout in the form of a Makara head with three horns attached to the body of the vessel, a looped strap handle at the back, several bosses around the spout and handle, a chocolate brown glaze on the inside and stopped in an uneven line on the lower half of the exterior of the buff stoneware body, suffused with milky white streaks pooling unevenly towards and onto the foot which is knife-cut and slightly splayed, supported on a flat base, Probably Lushan Kilns, Henan province
    17.9 cm high
  • References:
    A Tang phosphatic ewer with straight spout and strap handle, in the Palace Museum Beijing, is illustrated in Ceramics Gallery of the Palace Museum Part 1, Beijing, 2011, pp. 132-133, no. 75; also see The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England, Vol1, cat. no. 30, p. 67 for another example with strap handle but short straight spout
  • Notes:
    The age is consistent with Oxford TL certificate number P110g61
  • Estimate:
    A$60,000 - 80,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Oriental

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