FIVE DYNASTIES-LIAO DYNASTY (AD 907-1125)

A similarly-decorated white stoneware water pot dated Tang, Five Dynasties or Liao, 10th century AD, also incised with the character guan (official) on the base, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. one, United Kingdom, 1994, p.196, no. 341. R. Krahl remarks that the guan character appears on both white stonewares as well as celadon wares. While the guan inscription suggests the pieces in this group were made for court use, it is unclear for which courts these pieces were made.
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Another similar tripod water pot, attributed to the Ding kilns and dated Tang-Five Dynasties period, was formerly in the collection of Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967) and sold in Property from the Houlezhai Collection; Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29 April 2022, lot 3692.