A GLAZED WHITE STONEWARE EWER Tang dynastyA GLAZED WHITE STONEWARE EWERTang dynastyWell-potted with high shoulder tapering down to a slightly flared foot and flat base, the short straight neck with everted mouth, a double-strand handle connecting the mouth rim and the shoulder, opposite to the short straight spout, glazed inside and out a thin layer of transparent glaze, the base unglazed revealing a white slip over the high-fired stoneware body. 5 3/4in (14.6cm) high唐 白瓷執壺A very similar white stoneware ewer in the collection of the Nezu Museum is illustrated in Special Exhibition Commemorating the Donations of Collections: Chinese Ceramics, Lacquer and Bronzes, Tokyo, 2011, p. 28, no. 22, described as high-fired pale grey body with a white slip.Another similar ewer in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum is illustrated on the museum's website, object number 918.22.36, described as slipped stoneware, 2nd half of 8th-9th century A.D.