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A FINE SMALL XINGYAO WHITE-GLAZED EWER A FINE XINGYAO LION-HANDLED EWER
Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty
Elegantly modelled with a slender ovoid body raising to a flaring rim, Of ovoid form rising to a gently waisted neck, applied to one side of
applied with a short spout to one side of the shoulder and a lion- the high shoulder with a short spout shaped as the head of a mythical
shaped handle to the other side of the rim, all under a creamy-white beast, the other side flanked by a handle modelled in the form of a
glaze, fitted box. Buddhist lion clambering on the rim, all under an attractive glaze of
10cm (4in) high (2). creamy-white tone, fitted box.
19.5cm (7 5/8in) high (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000 £6,000 - 8,000
CNY53,000 - 71,000
唐 刑窯白釉獅耳小注壺
唐 刑窯白釉獅耳執壺
Provenance: the Sze Yuan Tang collection, acquired in Hong Kong
circa 1980s-1990s Provenance: the Sze Yuan Tang collection, acquired in Hong Kong
circa 1980s-1990s
來源： 思源堂收藏，於約1980至1990年代購自香港
來源： 思源堂收藏，於約1980至1990年代購自香港
Compare a similar Xingyao lion-handled ewer, Tang dynasty, of
similar size and ovoid form potted with a short spout and lion Compare with a related white-glazed ewer, 9th century, Late Tang dynasty,
handle, illustrated by B.Gyllensvärd in Chinese Ceramics in the Carl formerly in the Eurmorfopoulos collection, now in the Victoria and Albert
Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1965, p.100, no.289. Another related Museum, London, of similar form modelled with a lion handle, illustrated
white-glazed ewer, 9th century, Late Tang dynasty, formerly in the by S.Pierson, Chinese Ceramics, London, 2009, p.19, no.18. Another
Eurmorfopoulos collection, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, related Xingyao ewer, Tang dynasty, of similar size and form but with a
London, of similar form modelled with a similar lion handle, is illustrated strap handle, is illustrated by B.Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl
by S.Pierson, Chinese Ceramics, London, 2009, p.19, no.18. Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1965, p.100, no.286.

A related white-glazed ewer, Tang dynasty, similarly modelled with
a lion handle and beast spout, was sold at Christie’s New York, 26
March 2003, lot 206.

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