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Lot Essay
A sancai ewer of similar form and size was excavated at Lingyuanxian, Liaoning, and is now in the Liaoning Provincial Museum and illustrated in A Selection of the Treasures of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 1987, no. 62.
These charming Liao ewers in bird or fish form are rare, but an example formed as two intertwined ducks is in the Tsui collection, illustrated in Gems of Chinese Art, Tsui Art Foundation, Hong Kong, 1992, no. 35, while in the same collection is another ewer of this type formed as a makara, illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 24. Another ewer formed as a makara is in the Chang Foundation, illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1990, no. 21. A ewer of this type formed as a fish was sold a ewer of this type formed as a fish was sold at auction in New York, on 29th-30th November, 1993. Lot 208
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence analysis test, no.C101j68, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
These charming Liao ewers in bird or fish form are rare, but an example formed as two intertwined ducks is in the Tsui collection, illustrated in Gems of Chinese Art, Tsui Art Foundation, Hong Kong, 1992, no. 35, while in the same collection is another ewer of this type formed as a makara, illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 24. Another ewer formed as a makara is in the Chang Foundation, illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1990, no. 21. A ewer of this type formed as a fish was sold a ewer of this type formed as a fish was sold at auction in New York, on 29th-30th November, 1993. Lot 208
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence analysis test, no.C101j68, is consistent with the dating of this lot.