A GREEN-GLAZED EWER, TANG DYNASTY China, 618-907. The elegant pear-shaped body rising to a narrow neck below a pinched 'phoenix-head' mouth rim, the shoulders with a curved strap handle, covered overall in a finely crackled and irregularly splashed green glaze stopping unevenly above the foot, revealing the buff ware. Provenance: From a private collection in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, acquired in the 1980s and thence by descent. Condition: Old repairs, losses, glaze flakes and chips. Weight: 462.4 g Dimensions: Height 20.3 cm Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related green-glazed ewer, dated to the Tang dynasty, also with repairs and other condition issues, but of slightly smaller size (15.4 cm), at Sotheby's London, in Important Chinese Art on 4 November 2020, lot 237, sold for GBP 5,040. 唐代綠釉執壺 中國，618-907年。精美的短頸鼓腹執壺，鳳首形壺口，執柄直接與口部相接，底足外撇。通體覆蓋一層不規則的綠色釉料，不均勻地停在足部上方，露出淺黃色的胎。 來源：英國白金漢郡私人收藏，購於1980年代并保存至今。 品相：舊時修補、缺損、釉料開片和磕損。 重量：462.4 克 尺寸：高20.3 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件唐代綠釉執壺，同樣有修補和其他狀況，尺寸稍小 (15.4 厘米)﹐見倫敦蘇富比 Important Chinese Art﹐2020年11月4日 lot 237, 售價GBP 5,040。