Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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A very important and beautiful Sancai-glazed pottery ewer
The ovoid body is rising from a spreading foot to a tall waisted neck and cup-shaped mouth. The rim and shoulder feature with a long dragon-headed strap handle. It is flanked by a pair of moulded ring handles at the shoulder; on the opposite we see the moulded head of a chicken. The ewer is covered in a brightly splashed cream with green and brown iridescence glazes flowing over rim and body. The underside and the foot-ring are unglazed, an really exceptional form.
Height: 30cm
Style of: Tang (618 – 907), age determination uncertain
The iridescence is a mark of the objects antiquity
Orientations Oct 1990, pg.79. Sotheby's auction of the Toguri collection, lot 73. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/an-unusual-sancai-glazed-ovoid-pottery-tang-dynasty-4566083-details.aspx?intObjectID=4566083. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/fine-chinese-ceramics-works-art-l14210/lot.100.html
The ovoid body is rising from a spreading foot to a tall waisted neck and cup-shaped mouth. The rim and shoulder feature with a long dragon-headed strap handle. It is flanked by a pair of moulded ring handles at the shoulder; on the opposite we see the moulded head of a chicken. The ewer is covered in a brightly splashed cream with green and brown iridescence glazes flowing over rim and body. The underside and the foot-ring are unglazed, an really exceptional form.
Height: 30cm
Style of: Tang (618 – 907), age determination uncertain
The iridescence is a mark of the objects antiquity
Orientations Oct 1990, pg.79. Sotheby's auction of the Toguri collection, lot 73. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/an-unusual-sancai-glazed-ovoid-pottery-tang-dynasty-4566083-details.aspx?intObjectID=4566083. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/fine-chinese-ceramics-works-art-l14210/lot.100.html