Lot 202. A Sancai-Glazed Flat-Backed Ewer, Tang dynasty; 12.5cm., 5in. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Lot sold 10,625 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

modelled in the form of a Persian leather water bottle, the flat-backed globular body with flaring spout and high arched handle, the front face with an intaglio ochre and cream-splashed shield-shaped panel, all reserved on a green-glazed ground.

Provenance: Collection of Eisenbach Erie.
Sydney L. Moss, London.
John Sparks, London, 3rd March 1971.

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