宋 / 金 河南窰黑釉棱線紋執壺

of ovoid form, sloping gently at the shoulders to the narrow neck flaring to an everted rim, one side with a subtly notched tubular spout bent near the top, set opposite an arched handle connecting the mouth to the main body, the cover with a pointed knop, covered all over in a lustrous black-brown glaze streaked with russet and encircled by vertical ribs formed by narrow trails of white slip beneath the glaze (2)

1970或80年代入藏

Cover - good condition Ewer - good condition - the interior rim appears to be lightly polished - perhaps in the making. There are three minute chips to the outside un-glazed rim edge.
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Similar examples are illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, London, 1988, no. 449; Toji taikei, vol. 38, Tokyo, 1974, p. 92, fig. 12; Heibonsha Chinese Ceramics Series, Temmoku, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1999, no. 71; and another lacking its cover in Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995, no. 63 where the author notes that these ewers were most likely used for serving warmed wine or hot water for whisked tea.