北宋 耀州青釉刻纏枝牡丹紋執壺

the cylindrical body rising from a flat foot to canted shoulders set with a rib-strapped handle opposite a short curved spout, the waisted neck incised with two double line bands below the everted rim with lipped edge, carved all around with scrolling peony and covered overall with a clear glaze of dark olive-green color stopping at the base

There is an iron spot and a small white colored kiln adhesion to the rim. Otherwise in overall good condition.
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Yaozhou ewers of this form are extremely rare, and there appear to be no other published examples. A small Yaozhou ewer with similar decoration and handle and spout, but with a different neck, was sold at Christie's New York, 21st - 22nd March 2013, lot 1170.