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A CARVED QINGBAI-GLAZED ‘PHOENIX-
HEAD’ EWER
SONG DYNASTY (970-1279)
The ewer is decorated with a strap handle
opposite the short, curved spout and is potted
with a globular body freely carved with a band of
scrolling lotus fowers on a carved and combed
cloud ground. The tapering neck is surmounted
by a phoenix head with an everted foliate opening.
The ewer is covered overall in a pale bluish glaze
with the base remaining unglazed.
7æ in. (19.7 cm.) high
£4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,400
€4,600-6,900

Prototypes of ‘phoenix-head’ ewers can be found
as early as the Tang dynasty, many of which were
exported to Southeast Asia. Compare a similar
white-glazed ewer sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
29 November 2017, lot 2985.
宋 青白釉鳳首執壺

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A JUNYAO TRIPOD CENSER
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The censer is decorated with two angular
rectangular upright handles connected to the
shoulder with moulded scroll decoration. The
censer is modelled with a high neck and everted
rim and the globular body stands on three everted
feet.
6¡ in. (16 cm.) high
£5,000-8,000 $7,100-11,000
€5,800-9,200

PROVENANCE
With Bluett & Sons, London, 1940.
Property from a private English collection.
元 鈞窯雙耳三足蓋爐
來源:於1940年代購自倫敦古董商
Bluett & Sons; 英國私人珍藏

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