KG70019 Tang white ware flask, Northern China from the Gongxian or Xing kilns, a squat white porcelaneous stoneware form with flat base, narrow neck and wide everted mouth rim, glazed in a translucent crackled glaze pooling in places with a slight greenish tinge, glazed overall stopping just on the underside of the body. One chip on the underside of the rim restored, glaze flakes at the mouth otherwise fine condition. 4-1/4’ High x 5-3/8” in Diameter. Tang Dynasty, (618 - 906).
Ex-Collectis: Margaret Miller White, Rancho Santa Fe.
$1,500.
For similar examples see: Y. Mayuyama, “Chugoku bunbutsu kenbun”, Tokyo, 1973 #87 from the Xi’an Museum collection excavated from a tomb dated A.D.608; Y. Mino, “Pre-Sung Dynasty Chinese Stonewares in the Royal Ontario Museum”, Toronto, 1974, pl.46; O.C.S. exhibition, “Arts of the Tang Dynasty”, London, no. 215; Sotheby’s New York, Sale#1877 9/19/07, lot#231.
