A WHITE-GLAZED EWER TANG DYNASTY

the ovoid lobed body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall straight neck and everted rim, set to one side of the shoulder with a short conical spout and to the other with a double loop handle, 11cm., 4 3/8 in; together with a similarly glazed globular cup, Tang Dynasty, a globular vase with cup-shaped mouth, Tang Dynasty, and a small bottle vase with globular mouth, Tang Dynasty

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 291, 311, 243 and 239.

left on catalogue image: Two chips to the mouth rim, the largest 1.2 cm. Kiln adhesion (1.2 cm) and grit on the shoulder. Iron spots on the neck and mouth area. Some minor glaze pull. Firing flaw to center of the base, 1.2 cm. Minor glaze degradation. center-left on catalogue image: Glaze degradation resulting in silvery iridescence to sections of the body, the handle and mouth rim. Minor specks of kiln grit on mouth and handle. Kiln adhesion on shoulder 0.7 cm. There is a hairline crack (2.5 cm) along the bottom of the neck, above the spout, which appears to be associated with a glaze crack. There is also a firing crack along the luting line of the foot and the body. center-right on catalogue image: The glaze is degraded, resulting in a somewhat brittle surface. Kiln adhesion and grit on some minor areas. 0.5 cm chip to the foot. right on catalogue image: Minor kiln grit and glaze degradation on the mouth rim. Firing flaw on one side of the handle.
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