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PROPERTY FROM THE PETER SCHEINMAN COLLECTION This ewer was likely intended for wine and would originally have had a
cover and sat in a warming basin. Sets of this kind were derived from silver
1138 prototypes such as an octagonal silver ewer and warming basin engraved
A GLAZED WHITE WARE LOBED EWER with foral design excavated in 1978 from a hoard found at a Liao dynasty site
at Balin Youqi in Ju Ud Meng, Inner Mongolia, illustrated in Zongguo meishu
LIAO DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY quanji - Gongyi meishu bian, vol. 10, Beijing, 1987, p. 59, nos. 120-121.
The body is divided into eight lobes by deep grooves on the exterior, and the
fattened shoulder is set with a curved dragon spout on one side opposite a A very similar lobed ewer attributed to the Ding kilns, also molded with a
strap handle attached to the tall, cylindrical neck, all under a clear glaze. dragon’s head at the base of the spout, is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu -
8 in. (27 cm.) high Sung and Liao Dynasties, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1977, no. 78.

$8,000-12,000 遼 白釉瓜棱執壺

PROVENANCE

Christie’s New York, 18 September 2003, lot 238.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York.

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