YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

细节

A Rare Blue and White Octagonal Ewer and a Cover
Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Three of the facets on each side painted with a stem of either blackberry lily, lingzhi or chrysanthemum, the slender curved spout attached to the neck with an S-shaped strut and painted with flaming pearls, the ear-shaped handle applied to the other side surmounted by a scrolled loop and painted with another flaming pearl above a shaped terminal, the waisted neck encircled by bands of upright leaves and petal lappets repeated on the lower body, raised on a shallow, spreading foot of conforming outline, all in rich underglaze blue with extensive 'heaping and piling'; the matching cover with bud finial and small loop
11¼in. (28.6cm.) high

来源

Sotheby's, London, 9 June 1992, lot 226.

出版

J. Carswell, Blue & White, Chinese Porcelain Around the World, London, 2000, frontispiece.

拍品专文

Faceted ewers of this type are rare, and the shape, as well as style of decoration, appear to be influenced by Islamic metal prototypes. A related octagonal covered ewer of this type discovered in a hoard that included other pieces of fourteenth century porcelain at Baoding, Hebei province, and now in the Hebei Museum, is illustrated by M. Medley, The Chinese Potter, New York, 1976, fig. 137, and again in Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1974, pl. 39A.