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A RARE QINGBAI ‘PHOENIX-HEAD’ EWER 北宋 青白釉鳳首執壺
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
來源：
the gently tapered body rising to a broad rounded shoulder 家適公司，香港，1990年以前
and surmounted by a tall slender neck rising to a flaring lobed
rim, the lower section of the neck bordered with two concave
grooves, the upper section modelled with a phoenix head
detailed with a curved beak and shapely slender eyes below
the stylised rim, the body of the ewer flanked by a short curved
spout and a strap handle issuing from the neck to the shoulder,
covered overall with a clear blue-tinged glaze falling short of
the countersunk base revealing the white body
14.8 cm, 5¾ in.

PROVENANCE
Galaxie Company, Hong Kong, prior to 1990.

HK$ 120,000-180,000
US$ 15,500-23,300

It is rare to find a qingbai ewer of this complex form, potted
with a ferocious phoenix head. The phoenix head is reminiscent
of the famous qingbai phoenix-head ewer, created without a
handle, in the British Museum, illustrated in R.L. Hobson, The
George Eumorfopoulos Collection, vol. 1, London, 1926, pl.
LXXIII. Compare also a qingbai bottle vase with phoenix head
from the Manno Art Museum, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
28th October 2002, lot 519.

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