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拍品專文
The shape of this impressive ewer was popular in north China in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, and ewers of similar form were made at a number of northern kilns. The sharp angle where the shoulder of the vessel meets the sides, and the shape of the handle both suggest that this was originally a metalwork form that was adapted for ceramics.
An amber-glazed ewer dated to the 10th century decorated with rouletted undulating lines around the body and with stamped flower-head design on the shoulder, but lacking the lobed body and with a phoenix head-shaped spout, is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 11, Sui and T'ang Dynasties, Tokyo, 1976, p. 279, no. 261. See, also, the amber-glazed ewer dated to the late 10th-early 11th century of similar proportions and of approximately the same size, but with an undecorated rounded body, from the Falk Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2001, lot 31.
An amber-glazed ewer dated to the 10th century decorated with rouletted undulating lines around the body and with stamped flower-head design on the shoulder, but lacking the lobed body and with a phoenix head-shaped spout, is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 11, Sui and T'ang Dynasties, Tokyo, 1976, p. 279, no. 261. See, also, the amber-glazed ewer dated to the late 10th-early 11th century of similar proportions and of approximately the same size, but with an undecorated rounded body, from the Falk Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2001, lot 31.