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829 A GLAZED WHITE PORCELAIN EWER Նջǭ十世紀ǭ白釉執壺
FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
Of tapered ovoid form surmounted by a cylindrical neck with Ϝ源
slightly flaring wide mouth, the ewer is applied with a short spout 藍理捷
紐約
編號
set opposite a strap handle, which is impressed with a row of small
ring motifs overlaid with an attachment strap at its base. The ewer
is covered with a glossy transparent glaze that pools to a pale bluish
tone around the handle.

8√ in. (22.5 cm.) high, cloth box
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4882.
Compare the silver ewer of very similar form unearthed in 1982
from a late Tang dynasty cache at Dingmaoqiao, Dantu county,
illustrated in Wenwu, 1982, No. 11, p. 26, pl. 35.

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