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Southern Whiteware Ewer
10th - 11th c. AD, China
Height: 19cm
A white porcelaineous stoneware ewer with a lobed melon form body sitting on canted foot-rim. The bottom of the lobes are shaved upwards, in a style similar to some Xing-type pieces. The shoulders are surmounted by an arched tubular spout opposite a double strand handle that attaches to the top of the flared mouth rim, and two small lug handles. The unglazed underfoot is deep with and incised circle in the center. The entire pieces is covered in a translucent glaze that pools at the bases of the lugs and spout to a very pale bluish tint.
A similar piece is published in:
“Fujian Ware Found in the Philippines” Oriental Ceramic Society of the Philippines, 2017. Pl. 51
Provenance:
From a private Japanese Collection, with an inscribed wooden box. Exported with a Bunkacho export certficate.
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