LIAO DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY

In the early Liao period, 10th century, a number of small ewers and jars were made with either amber or copper-green glazes covering distinctive incised and applied decoration. Leaf-like appliques similar to those on the present ewer can be seen on a green-glazed ewer of similar shape in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by M. Medley, T'ang Pottery & Porcelain, London, 1981, p. 136, no. 134, as well as on two ewers of Liao date in the Falk Collection sold at Christie's New York, 21 September 2001, lots 29 and 30.