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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE
COLLECTION
~1026
A VERY RARE MINIATURE DING EWER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The ewer with a globular body is raised on a splayed
foot, and has a pinched rim and a strap handle and
is covered overall with a creamy white glaze.
3v in. (9.2 cm.) high, hardwood stand and cloth box
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.
The present ewer illustrated by H. D. Ling and E. T. Chow in Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion of
LITERATURE:
Ephemeral Attainment, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1950, no. 4.
Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Collection of
Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion of Ephemeral
Attainment, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1950, no. 4.
A Ding ewer dating to the Tang dynasty of larger
size (38.65 cm.) with phoenix-head-form cover,
but with similar pinched spout and a strap handle,
from Jianci village, Quyang county, is illustrated in
Complete Collection of Ceramics Art Unearthed in
China – 3 – Hebei, Beijing, 2008, no. 34.

重要私́珍藏
唐ǎ定⒋白釉袖珍執ૐ
Ϝ源
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION 暫得樓胡惠春
珍藏
1025 ֨ḛ
A RARE PALE CREAM-GLAZED TORTOISE-FORM WATER DROPPER The result of Shanghai Museum thermoluminescence test no. 034 is )FMFO % -JOH及仇焱̃
Ǘ暫得樓珍藏歷代名瓷影
SONG-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY consistent with the dating of this lot. ㄩǘ
卷ˏ
香港
年
編號
The vessel is modeled in the form of a tortoise with its open mouth forming the
spout. The shell is set with a rope-twist handle, and the vessel is covered in a 重要私人珍藏
pale beigish-cream glaze.
宋/元 十三至十四世紀 米色釉龜形索環水注
4Ω in. (11.5 cm.) long, cloth box
來源:
$8,000-12,000 暫得樓胡惠春(1911-1995) 珍藏
出版:
PROVENANCE:
The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection. Helen D. Ling及仇焱之, 《暫得樓珍藏歷代名瓷影譜》, 卷一, 香港, 1950年, 編號2
LITERATURE:
Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the
Pavilion of Ephemeral Attainment, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1950, no. 2.

The present water dropper illustrated by H. D. Ling and E. T. Chow in Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion of Ephemeral Attainment, vol. I, (label on box)
Hong Kong, 1950, no. 2. (label on box) 147