Lot 438. A white-glazed water pot, Tang dynasty (618-907); 7.6cm., 3in. Estimate 300 — 400 GBP. Lot Sold 6,250 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008

the body of lobed globular form rising from a flat base set with three feet to a narrow lipped mouth, covered overall in a straw-white glaze falling short of the base to reveal the white body.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, 309. 

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 05 Nov 08. London