Lot 445
  • 445

A 'YUE' CELADON-GLAZED MINIATURE EWER 10TH CENTURY

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

the body of double-gourd form, set to one side with a short curved spout and to the other with a strap handle, 7.6cm., 3in; together with a celadon-glazed globular water-pot, two celadon-glazed jars of compressed globular form, Six Dynasties, and another Song Dynasty 

Provenance

F. Low-Beer & Co., New York (two of the jars).

Literature

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 26, 20, 8, 9 and 30.

Condition

The ewer: This has a minor chip and crack to the spout. There is a 1cm area of glaze pooling to the side of the body. There are three areas to the lower body where the glaze has degraded/flaked. Faceted water pot: Good condition. Has manufacturing scratches to the lower body. Shallow water pot with linear design: has potting flaw to the rim adjacent to a small firing crack. Other two pots in good condition.
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