A Qingbai lobed ewer and cover, Southern Song dynasty | 南宋 青白釉瓜棱式執壺連蓋

A Qingbai lobed ewer and cover

Southern Song dynasty

南宋 青白釉瓜棱式執壺連蓋

well-potted with an eight-lobed body rising to a tall cylindrical neck flaring at the rim, a strap handle set on one side with a small ring at the top corresponding to a ring on the circular concave fitted cover, the slender spout rising from the shoulder opposite the handle, decorated with low horizontal bands at the base of the trumpet neck, four incised bands just below the rim, a lightly incised series of lines around the mid-section of the body, covered overall with a transparent pale blue glaze pooling to a darker tone within the recesses, the base unglazed, Japanese wood box (4)

Height 9 ½ in., 24.1 cm