CHINA, SONG-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY

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A RARE JUNYAO EWER
CHINA, SONG-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
The tall, waisted neck rising from the canted shoulder to the flared rim flanked by the curved spout and the ribbed handle, covered with a milky blue glaze thinning to a lavender hue on the upper body and inside of the neck, and thinning to mushroom color on the edges
11 7/8 (30.2 cm.) high, box

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Lot Essay

Compare the very similar ewer of this rare form illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daxidian - taoci juan, Shanghai, 2002, p. 275, no. 352.

Oxford thermoluminescence test no. P114n34 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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