Coco Li
Sale Coordinator, Chinese Works of Art
Lot 127
A GLAZED WHITE STONEWARE EWER
Tang dynasty
Amended
20 March 2023, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$1,211.25 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot
Dessa Goddard
Global Head, Business Strategy, Chinese Paintings
Michael Hughes
Vice President and Head of Department
I-Hsuan Chen
Senior Specialist
Bruce Maclaren
Global Head, Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
Krystal Liu
Junior Specialist/Cataloguer
A GLAZED WHITE STONEWARE EWER
Tang dynasty
Well-potted with high shoulder tapering down to a slightly flared foot and flat base, the short straight neck with everted mouth, a double-strand handle connecting the mouth rim and the shoulder, opposite to the short straight spout, glazed inside and out a thin layer of transparent glaze, the base unglazed revealing a white slip over the high-fired stoneware body.
5 3/4in (14.6cm) high
Well-potted with high shoulder tapering down to a slightly flared foot and flat base, the short straight neck with everted mouth, a double-strand handle connecting the mouth rim and the shoulder, opposite to the short straight spout, glazed inside and out a thin layer of transparent glaze, the base unglazed revealing a white slip over the high-fired stoneware body.
5 3/4in (14.6cm) high
Footnotes
唐 白瓷執壺
A very similar white stoneware ewer in the collection of the Nezu Museum is illustrated in Special Exhibition Commemorating the Donations of Collections: Chinese Ceramics, Lacquer and Bronzes, Tokyo, 2011, p. 28, no. 22, described as high-fired pale grey body with a white slip.
Another similar ewer in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum is illustrated on the museum's website, object number 918.22.36, described as slipped stoneware, 2nd half of 8th-9th century A.D.
Saleroom notices
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION.