TANG/FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 9TH-10TH CENTURY

The Xing kilns in Hebei province were best known for the production of tea bowls, dishes and bowl stands, and larger vessels, such as ewers, are very rare. Compare a Dingyao ewer, dated to the Tang dynasty, of similar form, with a similar spout but with a phoenix-head cover, illustrated by Bai Zhang, ed., Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, 2008, Hebei, no. 34. Another Dingyao ewer, dated to the Five Dynasties period, with a spout also of similar simplified phoenix-head shape, is illustrated ibid., no. 77.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.666g67z is consistent with the dating of this lot.