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A GREEN-SPLASHED POTTERY EWER Tang Dynasty image 1
A GREEN-SPLASHED POTTERY EWER Tang Dynasty image 2
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A GREEN-SPLASHED POTTERY EWER
Tang Dynasty

A Life in Ceramics: The Peter and Mary White Collection of Chinese Art
31 October – 10 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
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A GREEN-SPLASHED POTTERY EWER

Tang Dynasty
Of compressed globular form rising from a short tapering foot to a wide cylindrical neck applied with a loop-handle and a spout, covered in a creamy-white slip and irregular apple-green splashes, falling above the foot to reveal the terracotta body. 14.5cm (5 3/4in) wide.

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Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

唐 白釉綠彩執壺

Provenance: Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York, 25 November 1952
Georges de Batz, New York
Christie's New York, 30 November 1983, lot 296 (dated as Liao dynasty)
Bluett & Sons, London (collector's notes)
Beryl Inglis (collector's notes)
Bonhams Knightsbridge, 19 September 2006, lot 589 (dated as Liao dynasty)
Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, in November 2006 (collector's notes)

Exhibited, Published and Illustrated: M.White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House Collection, vol.2, n.p., 2021, p.38
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics and of European Drawings from the Georges de Batz Collection, Boston, 1953, no.57 (dated as Five Dynasties)

來源：Mathias Komor（1909-1984年），紐約，1954年11月25日
Georges de Batz，紐約
紐約佳士得，1983年11月30日，拍品編號296（斷代為遼）
倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons（藏家筆記）
Beryl Inglis（藏家筆記）
邦瀚斯騎士橋，2006年9月19日，拍品編號589（斷代為遼）
獲得於倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2006年11月（藏家筆記）

展覽著錄：M.White，《Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House Collection》，第二冊，無出版地，2021年，第38頁
波士頓美術館，《Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics and of European Drawings from the Georges de Batz Collection》，波士頓，1953年，編號57（斷代為五代）

Georges de Batz (active mid-20th century), was a passionate and eclectic collector of Chinese ceramics and Asian art. Based in New York and San Francisco, de Batz was known for his intense engagement with the objects he collected and for his generosity to institutions, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Achenbach Foundation. Works from his collection were exhibited at the MFA Boston in 1953 and have since been recognised for their quality and historical interest.

White-glazed wares with green-splashed decoration from the Tang dynasty represent a further refinement of the earlier white-ground, green-painted pieces that first appeared during the Northern Dynasties. Vessels of this type, including the present lot, were likely produced at the Gongxian kilns (鞏縣窯) in Henan province. See a similar green splashed ewer, Tang dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties (故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：晉唐瓷器), Hong Kong, 1996, p.181.

See a related green-splashed pottery ewer, Tang dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 29 September 2021, lot 1061.

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