'Yue' Ewer, Five Dynasties Or Early Northern Song Dynasty

A 'Yue' Ewer, Five Dynasties Or Early Northern Song Dynasty

the melon-shaped body vertically delineated by double ribs to create six shallow lobes, the long waisted neck decorated with three incised lines at the bottom, flanked by two small loop handles, the curved spout set antipodal from the ribbed handle, culminating in the lipped rim, all supported on a short slightly flared foot, applied overall in a thin light-green glaze pooling to a deeper color in the recesses, Japanese wood box (2). height 8 in., 20.3 cm. Estimate 20,000—30,000 USD

PROVENANCE: Spink & Son, Ltd, London (until circa 1985).
Mayuyama Ryusendo, Tokyo.

NOTE: A vase of the same size and design in the Museum of Eastern Art, Oxford (Ingram Collection), is illustrated in G. St. G. M. Gompertz, Chinese Celadon Wares, London, 1980, pl. 24, p. 70.

Sotheby's. Chinese Works of Art. 17 Mar 09.New York www.sothebys.com Photo courtesy Sotheby's