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A RARE BLACK-GLAZED 'OIL-SPOT' EWER NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- ceramic
of lotus-bud form, the globular body supported on a short foot set with a loop handle and a short spout, the base perforated with a circular opening which connects to a tube that serves as a filler, covered overall in a lustrous black glaze suffused with a pattern of iridescent silvery 'oil-spots', stopping neatly above the base revealing the buff body
Condition
There are several small chips to the spout.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Ewers of this form without a separate cover are referred to as lotus-bud form and were filled from the base. See a black-glazed ewer of related form discovered in the Five Dynasties excavations at Huangpu in Tongchuan, Shaanxi, illustrated in Wudai Huangbao yaozhi, Beijing, 1997, LXXX, no. 2.
This type of ewer covered with an oil-spot glaze is extremely rare and only two others appear to have been published. See the oil-spot ewer in the collection of Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, formerly in the Gustaf VI Adolf Collection, illustrated in Chugoku no toji. Temmoku, Tokyo, 1999, pl. 29; and another from the Eunice and Herbert Shatzman Collection included in the exhibition Dark Jewels: Chinese Black and Brown Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2002, cat. no. 50.
This type of ewer covered with an oil-spot glaze is extremely rare and only two others appear to have been published. See the oil-spot ewer in the collection of Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, formerly in the Gustaf VI Adolf Collection, illustrated in Chugoku no toji. Temmoku, Tokyo, 1999, pl. 29; and another from the Eunice and Herbert Shatzman Collection included in the exhibition Dark Jewels: Chinese Black and Brown Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2002, cat. no. 50.