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PROPERTY FROM THE YANGDETANG COLLECTION
A YUE CELADON 'CHICKEN HEAD SPOUT' EWER
SOUTHERN DYNASTIES (420-589)
Details
A YUE CELADON 'CHICKEN HEAD SPOUT' EWER
SOUTHERN DYNASTIES (420-589)
The ewer is sturdily potted with an ovoid body rising to a waisted neck flaring to a galleried rim, applied to the shoulder with two angular loop handles, a short spout in the form of a chicken-head, and a long arched handle terminating in a dragon head grasping the mouth rim of the ewer, covered allover with a greyish-celadon glaze, stopping at the foot exposing the pale grey body on the base.
12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) high, box
SOUTHERN DYNASTIES (420-589)
The ewer is sturdily potted with an ovoid body rising to a waisted neck flaring to a galleried rim, applied to the shoulder with two angular loop handles, a short spout in the form of a chicken-head, and a long arched handle terminating in a dragon head grasping the mouth rim of the ewer, covered allover with a greyish-celadon glaze, stopping at the foot exposing the pale grey body on the base.
12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Fred Lee Gallery Ptd Ltd., Hong Kong, 20 March 1990
Yangdetang Collection
Yangdetang Collection