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PROPERTY FROM THE YANGDETANG COLLECTION
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A CARVED WHITE-GLAZED ‘PHOENIX-HEAD’ 北宋 西村窯白釉鳳首執壺
EWER 此器鼓腹，長頸，上凸多道弦紋，注水口呈鳳頂花冠，前有短流，後有
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
執柄。器腹飾兩朵對稱折枝花卉，花形豐滿，下部刻一圈蕉葉。整器通
The ewer is potted with a globular body which rises to a tapering 體施青白釉。
ribbed neck surmounted by a phoenix head. It is covered in a
greenish-white glaze and has a strap handle opposite the short, 鳳首壺在唐代開始流行，並遠銷至東南亞，如菲律賓及印尼等地。廣州
curved spout. 西村窯窯址出土過類似的執壺碎片。北京故宮博物院亦藏有一件幾近相
7 æ in. (19.8 cm.) high, box 同的西村窯鳳首執壺（見館藏編號：新 188290）。
HK$280,000-350,000 US$37,000-45,000
The earliest ceramic ‘phoenix-head’ ewers can be dated to the Tang
dynasty. Many of them were exported to Southeast Asia, such as
Philippines and the islands of modern Indonesia. Sherds of a ware
similar to this type of ewer have been found at the Xicun kiln site,
Guangzhou. Compare with another example in the Palace Museum,
Beijing (see 新 188290), sharing an almost identical form to the current
ewer.

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