LATE TANG DYNASTY, 9TH-10TH CENTURY

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A RARE YUE CELADON EWER
LATE TANG DYNASTY, 9TH-10TH CENTURY
The ewer is finely potted with an ovoid body rising from short foot rising to a trumpet mouth, applied to one side with an octagonal tubular spout, the other side with a conjoined strap handle connecting the neck and body, covered overall with a satin-silk glaze of yellowish-olive tone.
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Acquired in Japan in 1993

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Lot Essay

Ewers of this type were first made in the Yue kilns during the mid-Tang period, and functioned as wine vessels. An almost identical example is in the collection of Shanghai Museum, currently on display at the museum. Another similar Yue ewer but of similar size (14.3 cm. high) and of slightly stouter form, is in the collection of the Palace Musuem, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji - taoci (zhong), Shanghai, 1988, pl. 63 (fig. 1).

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