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拍品专文
Elongated melon-shaped ewers were made at a number of kilns in China from the early 10th to the 13th century. A melon-shaped ewer of slightly more ovoid form with white glaze was excavated in 1980 at Lin'an in Zhejiang province, and is illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daquan - Taoci juan, Taipei, 1993, p. 224, no. 236. The white ewer was found in a tomb dated to AD 901, and had the Chinese character guan (official) incised on the base. Another 10th century ewer with transparent creamy glaze, of similar shape to the Falk ewer, but standing on a low foot, was formerly in the Carl Kempe collection. This was published by B. Gyllensvärd in Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1964, p. 154, no. 493.
A celadon-glazed melon-shaped ewer with shorter spout, more compressed profile and missing its cover was exhibited in Machida, Japan in 1999. This ewer with transparent green glaze, which has been dated to the 13th century, is illustrated in Trade Ceramics found in the Philippines from the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Seki Drzik of Sato Art Museum Toyama, Machida City Museum, 1999, p.106, no. 317. Small compressed versions of this form were made in some numbers at the Longquan kilns in the 13th and 14th centuries. The taller melon shape was also popular in Korea where ewers of this form were made with celadon glaze in the Koryo period, as can be seen from the 12th century ewer illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Arts from The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1989, p. 110, no. 96.
An interesting version of melon-shaped ewers is also found among Changsha wares of the Tang-Five Dynasties period (9th-10th century). Although not quite as pear-shaped as the Falk ewer, the approach to the form is similar, but the Changsha version has a flatter cover with finial and small ring. A copper blue-green example is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, M. Sato and G. Hasabe (eds.), vol. 11, Sui Tang, Tokyo, 1976, no. 253.
A celadon-glazed melon-shaped ewer with shorter spout, more compressed profile and missing its cover was exhibited in Machida, Japan in 1999. This ewer with transparent green glaze, which has been dated to the 13th century, is illustrated in Trade Ceramics found in the Philippines from the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Seki Drzik of Sato Art Museum Toyama, Machida City Museum, 1999, p.106, no. 317. Small compressed versions of this form were made in some numbers at the Longquan kilns in the 13th and 14th centuries. The taller melon shape was also popular in Korea where ewers of this form were made with celadon glaze in the Koryo period, as can be seen from the 12th century ewer illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Arts from The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1989, p. 110, no. 96.
An interesting version of melon-shaped ewers is also found among Changsha wares of the Tang-Five Dynasties period (9th-10th century). Although not quite as pear-shaped as the Falk ewer, the approach to the form is similar, but the Changsha version has a flatter cover with finial and small ring. A copper blue-green example is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, M. Sato and G. Hasabe (eds.), vol. 11, Sui Tang, Tokyo, 1976, no. 253.