A WHITE-GLAZED STEMCUP TANG DYNASTY

the elegantly potted body of inverted bell shape supported on a spreading knopped foot, covered overall in an ivory-white glaze, 7cm., 2 3/4 in; together with a white-glazed globular cup and a water pot.

F. Low-Beer & Co., New York.

Helsingfors, Helsinki, 1956, cat. no. 119 (stemcup).

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 310 (cup) and 245 (water pot).

Chinese Ceramic Treasures. A Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 517 (cup).

stemcup: There is restoration along the rim, the most significant for a chip 2.4 cm long, with an associated hairline crack extending from the chip down in the direction of the foot approximately 3.5 cm long. Another hairline crack from the rim down approximately 5 cm long. The glaze has degraded to a silvery iridescence in some areas. cup: In good condition with pinholes on the body. The glaze degraded to a silvery iridescence and a little brittle on the rim. jar: In good condition with minor pinholes and pinpricks on the body. Craquelure throughout with some glaze degradation and glaze chips at the rim and shoulder.
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