Page 288 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE LIX

Ewer with ovoid body tapering to a small base ; slender
neck spirally ribbed and wide flaring mouth ; ribbed handle

and carved spout. Buff-grey stoneware coated with white

slip and covered with an almost transparent cream-white glaze

which has crazed freely and absorbed brownish stains during

Aburial. The glaze stops short of the base. slightly raised

band on the shoulder relieves the severity of the outline. The

ribbed neck and widely cupped mouth are developments of a

T'ang form.

—This type of ware is usually attributed to the Sung period ;

but there are features of this ewer the ribbed neck and cup-

—shaped mouth which are familiar on T'ang vases.

Kuliihsien or Kichownan ware. Sung dynasty or earlier.

H. 1 1- 5".

In the possession of Mr. O. C. Raphael.