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A rare Lushan Phosphatic…
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Melbourne
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25-Aug-2024
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A rare Lushan Phosphatic Splash-Decorated lobed ewer, Tang Dynasty, 9th century, the lobed ewer is with a ribbed handle surmounted by two knobs, the other side of the shoulder applied with a short spout, it is covered with a dark brown glaze highlighted by splashes of milky, pale blue and buff tone on the shoulder and on the interior of the flaring mouth. The Lushan ewer with lobed body is very rare, a similar ewer with a globular body and similar glaze effects, please see Christie's Hong Kong, 6/10/2015, lot 75. Another similar ewer with a globular body and slightly larger in size but less splashes, please see Shenzhen Institute of cultural relics and Archaeology eds., Zhi bai shou hei: Bei fang hei you ci wen wu jing pin, 2016, no. 11, p.58. An ewer also with a globular body but purely dark glaze, please see Shenzhen Museum et. Al. Eds., Xuan se zhi mei: zhong guo li dai hei you ci qi zhen pin, 2012, no. 013, p. 27. 11 cm high
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Antiquities: Asian