A fine Changsha ewer, Tang dynasty (618-906), 19.5 cm high. Decorated with three applied figural plaques. Provenance: Exhibited at the buffalo Museum of Science, 'Early Chinese Ceramics', New York, 1946, cat no 46. Reference: See 'Ancient Chinese Tea Wares', Flagstaff house Museum and Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994-95, p 66 and 67 for a similar example.