A Yueyao chicken-head ewer and a celadon-glazed lion candlestick. 4th/5th century - image-1
A Yueyao chicken-head ewer and a celadon-glazed lion candlestick. 4th/5th century - image-2
A Yueyao chicken-head ewer and a celadon-glazed lion candlestick. 4th/5th century - image-1A Yueyao chicken-head ewer and a celadon-glazed lion candlestick. 4th/5th century - image-2

Lot 507 Dα

A Yueyao chicken-head ewer and a celadon-glazed lion candlestick. 4th/5th century

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
10.06.2016, 14:00 - Asian Art II incl. The Helmersen Coll. of Chinese Art
Estimate: 1.500 € - 1.800 €
Result: 1.612 € (incl. premium)
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A Yueyao chicken-head ewer and a celadon-glazed lion candlestick. 4th/5th century

A Yueyao chicken-head ewer, the globular body with a curved handle and a short chicken-head spout, covered overall with a glaze of greyish-green tone, the unglazed concave base burnt red in the firing. Eastern Jin dynasty, 4th/early 5th century. b) A Yue celadon-glazed lion candlestick, modelled as a crouching lion with head raised and a trumpet-shaped aperture to the back, covered with remains of an olive-green glaze. Western Jin dynasty, 3rd/4th century. (2)
a) H 23 cm; b) L 12.5 cm

Provenance

Professor Dr. Margrit Lisner, Freiburg, acquired at a) 1990, b) 1995 at Gertrud Woodtli, Zürich