A LUSHAN PHOSPHATIC-SPLASHED BROWN-GLAZED EWER, TANG DYNASTY China, 618-907. Heavily potted, the ovoid body supported on a short, straight foot and set on the high shoulder with two small strap handles applied at the base of the neck between the short conical spout and the larger main handle. Covered in a finely crackled dark-brown glaze highlighted by splashes of milky blue running down from the shoulder and neck, stopping irregularly above the foot, revealing the buff-colored body. The base carved with a spiral design.

Provenance: From the collection of an important German scholar, assembled between 1961 and 1966. Thence by descent within the same family. A label to the base reading '112'.
Condition: Good condition commensurate with age and as expected from a large Tang dynasty ewer. Extensive old wear and weathering. Manufacturing flaws such as brown spots, firing cracks, kiln grit and pitting. The rim and foot with small chips, losses and hairlines.

Weight: 1,744 g
Dimensions: Height 20.3 cm

The bluish or yellowish-milky white 'phosphatic' splashes that decorate the dark brown-glazed wares of this type are applied after the initial glazing.

Literature comparison:
A comparable example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Ceramics Gallery of the Palace Museum Part 1, Beijing, 2011, p.132-133, no.75. Compare a closely related ewer, also dated to the Tang dynasty but of slightly larger size (27 cm high), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession number 2017.17.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 7 June 2022, lot 3088
Price: HKD 94,500 or approx. EUR 11,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A phosphatic-splashed brown-glazed stoneware ewer, Tang dynasty (618-907)
Expert remark: Compare the related form and glaze, as well as size (20 cm)

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 9 October 2014, lot 204
Price: HKD 200,000 or approx. EUR 29,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Lushan phosphatic splash-glazed oviform ewer
Expert remark: Compare the related form and glaze, as well as size (21 cm)



唐代魯山窯黑釉藍斑壺
中國，618-907年。壺口内斂，短頸，橢圓形腹，平底，肩部一面為流，相對一面為雙帶形曲柄，另兩面各有一系。通體施黑色釉，裡滿釉，外部施釉不到底。肩、腹等部位施灰藍色斑紋為飾。底部螺旋紋。

來源：德國重要學者舊藏，收藏建於1961 至1966年間，自此保存在同一家族至今。底部標籤“112”。
品相：與年齡相稱的良好狀態，大面積磨損和風化。製造瑕疵如褐斑、燒裂和窯砂。邊緣和足部帶有小磕損和冲線。

重量：1,744 克
尺寸：高20.3 厘米

文獻比較：
一件可相比的例子，收藏於北京故宮博物院，見《故宮陶瓷館‧卷一》，北京， 2011年，頁132-133，編號75。比較一件非常相近的唐代黑釉藍斑壺，但尺寸稍大 (高27 厘米)，收藏於克利夫蘭藝術博物館，編號2017.17。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2022年6月7日，lot 3088
價格：HKD 94,500（相當於今日EUR 11,500）
描述：唐代黑釉藍斑壺
專家評論：比較相近的外型、釉面，以及尺寸 (20 厘米) 。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：香港邦瀚斯，2014年10月9日，lot 204
價格：HKD 200,000（相當於今日EUR 29,000）
描述：唐魯山窯花釉注子
專家評論：比較相近的外型、釉面，以及尺寸 (21 厘米)。