CHINESE AMBER-GLAZED EWER
LIAO DYNASTY
Estimate: £500 - £700
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
遼 褐黃釉雞冠壺 帶木盒
modelled after a leather pouch-form flask with a finger-pinched arched handle and cylindrical neck, covered overall in a vibrant amber glaze falls short of the foot to reveal the buff-coloured body, with a Japanese tomobako wooden box
Dimensions
27cm high
Provenance
Formerly in a private Japanese collection
前日本私人收藏
Footnote
A comparable amber-glazed flask from the collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth was sold at Christie's New York, 1-15 December 2015, lot 49.