Lot Essay
Compare a similar stoneware ewer in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1975, p. 75, no. 71.
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PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CHARLOTTE HORSTMANN
A SMALL OLIVE-GLAZED STONEWARE EWER
FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
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A SMALL OLIVE-GLAZED STONEWARE EWER
Five Dynasties period, 10th century
With tapering ovoid body surmounted by a slightly flaring neck with lipped rim, the sides rouletted with bands of crosshatching below a double-grooved band on the high shoulder applied with a short conical spout opposite the double-strap handle, covered with a thin, yellowish-olive glaze applied over a white slip falling short of the flat base exposing the granular ware
7¼in. (18.4cm.) high
Five Dynasties period, 10th century
With tapering ovoid body surmounted by a slightly flaring neck with lipped rim, the sides rouletted with bands of crosshatching below a double-grooved band on the high shoulder applied with a short conical spout opposite the double-strap handle, covered with a thin, yellowish-olive glaze applied over a white slip falling short of the flat base exposing the granular ware
7¼in. (18.4cm.) high