A GLAZED WHITE PORCELAIN EWER
FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
Of tapered ovoid form surmounted by a cylindrical neck with slightly flaring wide mouth, the ewer is applied with a short spout set opposite a strap handle, which is impressed with a row of small ring motifs overlaid with an attachment strap at its base. The ewer is covered with a glossy transparent glaze that pools to a pale bluish tone around the handle.
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high, cloth box
Compare the silver ewer of very similar form unearthed in 1982 from a late Tang dynasty cache at Dingmaoqiao, Dantu county, illustrated in Wenwu, 1982, No. 11, p. 26, pl. 35.