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A FINE XIANGZHOU MOULDED CELADON                                     PROVENANCE

‘FLORAL’ DISH                                                        Eskenazi Ltd., London, 2001
                                                                     The Benjamin J. Fernandes Collection, no. 013
NORTHERN QI-SUI DYNASTY (550-618)
                                                                     EXHIBITED
The dish is supported on a low solid foot, finely moulded with
a central flowerhead in high relief, surrounded by lotus petals      Eskenazi Ltd., Chinese ceramic vessels 500-1000 AD, London, 8 to 30
separated by rows of dots, below a band of vertical lines around     November 2001, Catalogue, no. 13
the rim, covered with an olive-green glaze pooling at the recesses,
stopping mid-way on the reverse above the foot.                      While the exact function of this ewer is currently unknown, the integral
4 º in. (10.6 cm.) diam., box                                        strainer suggests that it may have been used for the filtering of tea,
                                                                     wine or herbal drinks. There are very few known related examples. One
HK$120,000-180,000                 US$16,000-23,000                 slightly smaller example of similar form (14.4 cm. high) but glazed in
                                                                     blue on the body and amber on the handle, spout and strainer, is in the
PROVENANCE                                                           Art Institute of Chicago Collection (Gift of Russell Tyson, 1951.303),
                                                                     illustrated in H. Trubner, ‘Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period
Acquired in Hong Kong, 5 July 1999                                   through Ch’ien Lung’, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, 1952,
                                                                     no. 62.

北齊 / 隋　　相州窯青瓷寶相花紋盤                                                   遼　　三彩貼寶相花猴耳提梁壺

來源                                                                   來源
1999年7月5日購於香港                                                        埃斯肯納齊，倫敦，2001年
                                                                     Benjamin J. Fernandes珍藏，藏品編號 013
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FAMILY COLLECTION
                                                                     展覽
3118                                                                 埃斯肯納齊，《Chinese ceramic vessels 500-1000 AD》，倫
                                                                     敦，2001年11月8-30日，圖錄圖版13號
A RARE AMBER AND GREEN-GLAZED EWER
                                                                     此壺造型獨特，壺身有篩口，上刺六個小孔，實際用途有待考證，但有
LIAO DYNASTY (907-1125)                                              可能是用作篩酒、茶或草藥飲料。此器非常罕見，同類例子不多，暫知
                                                                     一件較小的例子 （14.4公分高），器型與本壺大致相同，壺身罩藍釉，
The ewer is finely potted with a compressed globular body sitting    壺嘴、篩口、提梁施黃釉，藏芝加哥藝術學院 （館藏編號1951.303）。
on a flat base with two large spur marks, set with an arching rope-
twist handle terminating at each side with a monkey-like animal
head, the top applied with a stylised flowerhead, the long tapering
spout incised with concentric rings, opposite an integral strainer
with six apertures. The ewer is largely covered with a rich amber
glaze stopping irregularly above the base, the strainer highlighted
with a bright green glaze.
6 ¡ in. (16.3 cm.) high

HK$220,000-280,000                 US$29,000-36,000

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