SUI/EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-7TH CENTURY

細節

A RARE STRAW-GLAZED OVOID EWER
SUI/EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-7TH CENTURY
The ovoid body carved beneath the tapering spout with a narrow chevron band terminating in a foliate applique, with a similar applique at the base of the curved handle which is applied on top with a human head looking over the shaped mouth rim, all under a clear glaze falling onto the top of the spreading pedestal foot but not covering the rounded rim to expose the white body
11¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high

拍品專文

The shape and decoration on this vessel is closely related to imported metalwork and leather bottles from the Silk Road, while the leaf decoration at the base of the ornamental seam is Hellenistic in origin. Similar examples of this rare form include one illustrated in Homage to Heaven, Homage to Earth - Chinese Treasures of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1992, p. 58, fig. 25; and the one illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. I, Tokyo, 1976, p. 81, no. 212.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. P106u25 is consistent with the dating of this lot.