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THE CAPELO COLLECTION OF EARLY CERAMICS (LOTS 79 - 92)
VERSEUSE EN GRES XING EMAILLE BLANC
CHINE, EPOQUE DES CINQ DYNASTIES, XEME SIECLE
Details
VERSEUSE EN GRES XING EMAILLE BLANC
CHINE, EPOQUE DES CINQ DYNASTIES, XEME SIECLE
The ewer is potted with a neat oviform body and is applied to the shoulders with a short upright spout and an elegant two-thread handle. It is covered in a very pale glaze, pooling to a bluish tone around the edges. The flat base is left unglazed, exposing the fine pale ware.
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
CHINE, EPOQUE DES CINQ DYNASTIES, XEME SIECLE
The ewer is potted with a neat oviform body and is applied to the shoulders with a short upright spout and an elegant two-thread handle. It is covered in a very pale glaze, pooling to a bluish tone around the edges. The flat base is left unglazed, exposing the fine pale ware.
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
Provenance
With Priestley & Ferraro, London, 2010.
Literature
Francisco Capelo & Regina Krahl, Forms of Pleasure: Chinese Ceramics from Burial to Daily Life, p. 81, no. 26.
Chinese White Wares In the First Millenium, Pristley & Ferraro, London, 2010, no. 7.
Chinese White Wares In the First Millenium, Pristley & Ferraro, London, 2010, no. 7.
Exhibited
Museu Nacional do Azulejo, From Ritual to Daily Use. Chinese Ceramic from Francisco Capelo Collection, Lisbon, June 2009, catalogue no. 26.
Further details
A XING-WARE WHITE-GLAZED EWER
CHINA, FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
CHINA, FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY