Lot 209. A White-Glazed Ewer, Tang Dynasty; 15cm., 5 7/8 in. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

the well-potted baluster body rising from a short spreading flat foot to a short trumpet neck with everted rim, set to one side with a strap handle joining the shoulder and rim and to the other with a short conical spout, covered overall with a white glaze, the base unglazed showing the pale pinkish-buff body

Provenance: John Sparks, 15th June 1963.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 7 november 2012