A WHITE-GLAZED DISH-MOUTHED VASE

LIAO-SONG DYNASTY (907-1279)

Details

A WHITE-GLAZED DISH-MOUTHED VASE
LIAO-SONG DYNASTY (907-1279)
The vase is elegantly potted with an ovoid body and a short splayed foot. The long neck is flaring to a dish-shaped mouth with a short upright rim, covered in a rich, even creamy-white tone stopping at the unglazed foot.
11 ½ in. (28.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Collection of Professor Ferdinando Cappelletti, acquired in Rome in the late 1970s.

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Lot Essay

The current lot may be compared to a Ding dish-mouthed vase from the 10th century (28.8 cm. high) of similar size that was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3110 and which was described as a very rare example of the early Ding wares produced in Quyang county.

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