YUEYAO GREEN-GLAZED MELON-SHAPED EWER, FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY, of segmented form with a flared neck, strap handle and tapering curved spout, the shoulder with two strap suspension loops, 16cm high Provenance: Christie's London 14th June 1985, lot 257. Exhibited: The World in Monochromes, Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition 2009, no.27. Note: for a comparable ewer see the San Francisco Museum of Art (B60 P373)