A VERY RARE MARBLED POTTERY EWER

TANG DYNASTY

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A VERY RARE MARBLED POTTERY EWER
tang dynasty
The finely marbled globular body formed of two hemispherical sections joined in the middle, applied with a plain cream-coloured spout, handle, neck and foot, the recessed foot equally marbled, craquelure mainly visible to neck and spout, rim crack and shallow chip to spout
4 in. (11.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Alfred and Ivy Clark, no.494

Literature

Basil Gray, Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, 1953, pl.33

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1935/36, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, no.2536.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, 1937, L'Art de la Chine Ancienne, no.397.
London, Oriental Ceramic Society, 1955, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, no.265.
Los Angeles County Museum, 1957, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Catalogue no.265.

Lot Essay

Tang marbled ewers of this form appear to be very rare. The only other recorded ewer which closely resembles the present lot is the slightly larger example in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection, vol.II, Boston, 1972, no.13, also illustrated by R. Hasebe, So no Jishu-yo, Toki Zenshu, vol.13, 1958, pl.40, and included in the memorial exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1952, Catalogue no.192. Two smaller ewers of this type from The Montague Mayer Family Collection were sold in these Rooms, 14 April 1980, lot 157.

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