AN UNUSUAL SMALL GREEN AND AMBER SPLASH-GLAZED POTTERY EWER

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL GREEN AND AMBER SPLASH-GLAZED POTTERY EWER
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The tapering globular body applied with four small discs on the high shoulder and three more at the base of the waisted neck encircled by a double bowstring band and terminating in a pinched trefoil mouth rim grasped in the jaws of the dragon-head handle, covered in a splashed glaze of pale green and amber tone falling short of the flat base
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

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The pinched trefoil mouth, dragon handle and rings around the neck are similar to those found on larger Tang sancai ewers, such as the one in the Tenri Museum, Nara, illustrated by W. Willetts, Foundations of Chinese Art, New York-Toronto-London, 1965, pl. 43. Unlike this small ewer, however, the larger examples have a globular body raised on a pedestal foot, as does the miniature sancai-glazed ewer with similar mouth and body shape illustrated by R. Fry et al., Chinese Art, London, 1949, ed., pl. 31 A (right).

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