A MINIATURE WHITE-GLAZED EWER TANG DYNASTY

the ovoid body rising from a short spreading flat base to a tall trumpet neck, set at the shoulder with a short conical spout and to the other side with a double loop handle, covered overall in a creamy-white glaze, 8.5cm., 3 3/8 in; together with a 'Holy Water' bottle and a lobed bowl 

Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. nos 161 (sprinkler), 168 (bowl).

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 290, 296 and 313.

Chinese Ceramic Treasures. A Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 505 (sprinkler).

ewer: A potting flaw on the handle and the neck. In otherwise good condition. bowl: A three-pronged firing flaw on the base, visible on interior and exterior; two of the prongs with associated hairline cracks on the interior. Two small and shallow glaze chips on the rim. Specks of kiln grit on interior well. bottle: Good condition, with a potting flaw and iron spot on the rim. Minor glaze cracks on the shoulder and lower neck. Three pinpricks on the body.
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