AN AMBER GLAZED ‘HATCHED’ EWER, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-906. The ovoid body rising from a short foot to a flaring neck, set with a short, ribbed spout, two small lugs, and an arched handle, the body decorated with hatching under a crackled amber glaze stopping unevenly above the foot, revealing the buff ware partly burnt orange in the firing process.Provenance: From the collection of R. Marian Hicks, OBE, who was a professor at the School of Pathology and Department of Oncology at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London. She was an avid collector of Tang and Song dynasty ceramics and her noted collection also included Chinese bronzes, textiles, and rank badges.Condition: Good condition with old wear, glaze flaking, small nicks, few chips, light surface scratches, minor losses, an old repair to the upper rim, and expected manufacturing flaws.Weight: 1,197 gDimensions: Height 19.5 cmLiteratureparison:Compare a closely related ewer with loop handles, 9th century, 15.6 cm, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1977.449.3.Auction resultparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Sotheby’s London, 4 November 2020, lot 232Price: GBP 5,040 or approx.EUR 6,800 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A rare sancai-glazed ewer, Tang dynastyExpert remark:pare the related form, glaze, and hatched design. Note the much smaller size (13 cm).唐代琥珀色釉執壺中國，618-906年。壺身呈優美的弧度，上肩短流，壺柄彎曲狀，兩道係帶，壺身暗刻細紋。通體施琥珀色釉，止在底足上方，底足露胎。