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Lot Essay
Ewers of this type have been dated to the first quarter of the fourteenth century. The combination of different motifs and decorative techniques such as incising, molding and sculpting, reflect a heightened pursuit of ornamentation popular during this period.
A related qingbai ewer decorated with phoenix in low relief on the body, but without a cover, is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu: Liao, Jin, Yuan, vol. 13, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 42. Also, compare a ewer with a stepped cover surmounted by a similarly sculpted lion, formerly in the Meiyintang Collection, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 April 2011, lot 39.
A fragment of a dragon handle, similar to that on the present ewer, excavated from the Yuan remains at Luomaqiao, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, is illustrated in Ceramic Finds from Jingdezhen Kilns (10th-17th Century), Fung Ping Shan Museum, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1992, no. 116.
A related qingbai ewer decorated with phoenix in low relief on the body, but without a cover, is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu: Liao, Jin, Yuan, vol. 13, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 42. Also, compare a ewer with a stepped cover surmounted by a similarly sculpted lion, formerly in the Meiyintang Collection, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 April 2011, lot 39.
A fragment of a dragon handle, similar to that on the present ewer, excavated from the Yuan remains at Luomaqiao, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, is illustrated in Ceramic Finds from Jingdezhen Kilns (10th-17th Century), Fung Ping Shan Museum, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1992, no. 116.