A Stoneware Ewer, Tang dynasty. Photo courtesy Uppsala Auktion.
Of ovoid body with a trumpet neck and slightly everted foot-rim, double loop handle and short conical spout, covered inside and out in a brownish glaze suffused with bluish streaks, the glaze ends irregularly around the foot to expose the grey stoneware body. Height: 28 cm. Estimate: SEK 120.000 - 150.000 (EUR 13.000 - 17.000). Hammer price: SEK 260.000
Provenance: The collection of Karl E. and Tove Strömstad, Oslo.
Leigh Ashton collection, then to Riesco collection, label nr 25.
Acquired at Sothebys, London, 5 December 1995, lot nr 217.
Exhibited: Royal Academy of Arts, London. International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935‑36, No 2121.
Uppsala Auktion, 13 june 2014. www.uppsalaauktion.se