Lot 23. A white-glazed bag-shaped flask, Late Tang Dynasty (618-906)-Five Dynasties period (907-960); 20,3 cm high. Sold for €9,600. © Bonhams 2001-2024

With generously rounded sides tapering to a recessed base, gathered to a broad ridge at the top beneath an arc-shaped handle rising from the back of the flask to the short upright cylindrical spout with lipped rim, decorated with three raised filets running low across the wide sides and front, and gathered below the spout, each bordered by impressed rings imitating rivets, covered with an unctuous white glaze pooling to a greenish tone in the recesses and terminating in an uneven line around the unglazed foot, the glazed base incised with the character guan.

Provenance: Acquired from Priestley & Ferraro, London, 20 March 2009.
A distinguished German private collection.

Bonhams. CHINESE ART, Paris, 12 June 2024