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244 Compare with a Changsha brown-splashed ewer from the Palace
Museum, Beijing, in Ceramics Gallery of the Palace Museum Part 1,
A rare Changsha brown-splashed straw-glazed Beijing, 2008, p.138-139, no.79. And another Changsha ewer with
dragon-handled ewer moulded decoration and brown-glazed areas is illustrated by Margaret
Tang Dynasty Medley, The Chinese Potter, A Practical History of Chinese Ceramics,
New York, 1976, p.98, no.68.
The globular body rising to a short cylindrical neck and flared mouth
rim, with a short spout, dragon handle and moulded lug handles on 口沿外撇，束頸，溜肩，弧腹下收，圈足，腹部一側作一短留，對稱
the shoulder, covered in a pale brownish-straw glaze with darker 一側作一龍形曲柄，曲柄兩側對稱作一龍形把。器身滿施淺黃色釉，
russet-brown splashes. 口沿內外，頸部，腹部，曲柄等部位以深褐色釉進行裝飾。整器造型
20cm high 規整，胎質堅密，胡風盡顯，圓潤的造型也體現了唐代的審美易趣。

HK$130,000 - 200,000 青釉褐斑是長沙窯瓷器中常見的一種裝飾，其中青釉褐斑注子器形優
US$17,000 - 26,000 美，而裝飾圖案往往具有異國情調，通常作為外銷到西亞以及東南亞
各國的產品。
唐 長沙窯龍耳褐斑注子
湖南省博物館藏一件長沙窯注子，其兩側曲柄亦作龍形，可資參考，
Ewers of this type are often decorated with sprig-moulded elements 見《中國美術分類全集：陶瓷全集（6）唐、五代》，上海，2000
that are applied before glazing and then covered with a transparent 年，編號38。北京故宮博物院亦藏一件唐代長沙窯模印貼花褐斑注
dark brown glaze on specific areas of the body. The present lot is 子，其裝飾圖案同樣特殊，為外銷西亞各國之產品，見《故宮陶瓷
particularly striking with the two side handles moulded as dragons. 館．上編》，北京，2008年，頁138-139，圖版79。另見Margaret
These wares were popular as trade goods, with many examples and Medley著錄一件類似的長沙窯注子，《The Chinese Potter, A Practical
shards found overseas in Indonesia, Iran and Egypt. History of Chinese Ceramics》，紐約，1976年，頁98，圖68。

A related ewer with similar moulded handles in the Hunan Provincial
Museum, is illustrated in Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji: The
Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics Vol.6, Shanghai, 2000, no.38.

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