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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE GREEN-GLAZED PHOENIX-HEAD POTTERY EWER
TANG DYNASTY
the flattened pear-shaped body supported on a high splayed foot and rising to a slender waisted neck surmounted by a fierce phoenix head clasping a pearl in its beak, its crest opening to form the quatrefoil mouth, a loop handle stretching from the shoulder to the back of the phoenix's head, the vessel crisply molded with bands of overlapping lappets and radiating vertical ribs at the foot, with teardrop-form panels to each side of the body, each centered with an applied lion mask on a stippled ground framed by four ruyi-shaped motifs, applied overall with a vibrant green glaze, except for the eyes and pearl, applied with straw and cream glazes, Japanese wood box (3)
Height 10 7/8 in., 27.7 cm
