Stoneware Ewer, Northern Song (960 to 1127 China)

24.00cm high    (  9.45 inches high)

For a discussion of Xicun and related Southern white wares see Krahl: Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol.1 p.186 with related ewers #323 and #324

excellent

The very rare ewer mounted with a rooster with a rectangular opening on top. The vase decorated with 4 concentric brown bands and vertical indentations around the main body. The rooster with brown spots.
Xicun Kilns , Guangdong Province

ref.4538