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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
1001
A SPLASH-DECORATED BROWN-GLAZED EWER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The tapering body is set on the shoulder with two loop handles applied at the base of the neck between the
short conical spout and the double strap handle. The ewer is covered with a dark brown glaze highlighted
by splashes of milky, pale blue and buf tone on the shoulder and on the interior of the faring mouth.
9√ in. (25 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden.
Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares; Sotheby’s London, 14 May 2008, lot 208.
EXHIBITED
Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Chinese Ceramic Treasures: a selection from Ulricehamn
East Asian Museum, including The Carl Kempe Collection, 2002.
LITERATURE
E. Engel, Chinese Ceramic Treasures: a selection from Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, including The Carl
Kempe Collection, vol. 1, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 217.
The bluish or yellowish-white splashes that decorate dark brown-glazed wares of this type are applied
after the initial glazing, often poured onto the piece as it is held in a sideways or inverted position so that
the splashes trail decoratively down the body. Compare the similar ewer dated to the Tang dynasty (AD
618-907) in the Collection of Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum - 31 - Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 211, no. 196.
唐 黑釉藍斑執壺

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