A small sancai-glazed waterpot, Tang Dynasty. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 (€4,200 - 7,000). 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.

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. ASIAN ART, 11 May 2015 10:30 BST - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE