A Yueyao ewer of ovoid form. Tang dynasty/Five Dynasties period, 9th-10th century - image-1

Lot 7 Dα

A Yueyao ewer of ovoid form. Tang dynasty/Five Dynasties period, 9th-10th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
03.06.2015, 10:00 - Chinese Art - Ceramics, Porcelain, Paintings
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)
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A Yueyao ewer of ovoid form. Tang dynasty/Five Dynasties period, 9th-10th century

A Yueyao ewer of ovoid form, with a faceted conical spout rising from the rounded shoulder opposite the double-strap handle attached to the side of the slightly flared neck, covered with a glaze of greyish-olive tone. Tang dynasty/Five Dynasties period, 9th-10th century. Box and wooden stand.
H 17 cm

Provenance

Wolfgang Nolting, Rheinland-Pfalz (acquired from Christie’s, New York, 5.11.2001 'The Falk Collection I', Falk Collection no. 183; Mathias Komor, New York, March 1949)
Two collector's labels: P.B.F. & M.S.F. JR. 183 und 00183

Literature

Compare a very similar Yueyao ewer in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum illustrated in Chugoku Toji ShirizuYoshigama no Seiji II, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1994, no. 3