A BROWN-PAINTED OVIFORM EWER AND COVER, with leaf-moulded spout and scrolling strap handle painted in iron-brown with a freely-drawn lotus blossom on either side at the widest point, all over a white slip and thin clear glaze (crack, spout restored), 18cm. high; and a flattened globular jar similarly decorated with a floral meander below four cloud scrolls around its broad flat rim (rim polished, glaze chips), 9cm.high, | Christie's

Lot 430

430

A BROWN-PAINTED OVIFORM EWER AND COVER, with leaf-moulded spout and scrolling strap handle painted in iron-brown with a freely-drawn lotus blossom on either side at the widest point, all over a white slip and thin clear glaze (crack, spout restored), 18cm. high; and a flattened globular jar similarly decorated with a floral meander below four cloud scrolls around its broad flat rim (rim polished, glaze chips), 9cm.high,

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A BROWN-PAINTED OVIFORM EWER AND COVER, with leaf-moulded spout and scrolling strap handle painted in iron-brown with a freely-drawn lotus blossom on either side at the widest point, all over a white slip and thin clear glaze (crack, spout restored), 18cm. high; and a flattened globular jar similarly decorated with a floral meander below four cloud scrolls around its broad flat rim (rim polished, glaze chips), 9cm.high,

both 14th Century (2)

Lot Essay

A very similar ewer (with different cover) was offered in these Rooms, 7 December 1984, lot 7

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