A small sancai-glazed waterpot, Tang Dynasty
A small sancai-glazed waterpot, Tang Dynasty. Photo Bonhams.
The fine alms-bowl-shaped waterpot made for the scholar's desk, of compressed globular form, with an incised line around the rim, decorated with blue, ochre and cream splashes around the shoulders. 5.4cm (2 1/8in) diam. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 (€3,600 - 6,100)
Provenance: George Eumorfopoulos Collection (1863-1939) (label)
Peter Selinka Collection (label)
Published and illustrated: R.L.Hobson, The Catalogue of the George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery & Porcelain, Vol.I From the Chou to the end of the T'ang Dynasty, London, 1925, pl.LIII (top left), p.42, Catalogue no.355.
Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014 - www.bonhams.com