Lot Essay
No other comparable vase appears to have been published. A similar clear green glaze and a similar solid foot showing greyish-yellow ware can be seen on a pair of tall-necked ewers with elephant-head spouts which are dated Sui based on a similar but slightly smaller example recovered in 1975 from a Sui tomb at Lehua, Xin Jian Xian, Jiangxi province, illustrated in Nan-fang Wenwu, 1994:4, p. 85 and back cover illus. 9.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. Pl03j73 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. Pl03j73 is consistent with the dating of this lot.