A carved Qingbai 'floral' wine ewer, Southern Song dynasty | 南宋 青白釉刻花紋瓜式執壺

Regina Krahl, et al., Bright as Silver, White as Snow: Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, 1998-1999, cat. no. 54.
康蕊君等, 《如銀似雪：中國晚唐至元代白瓷賞析》, 丹佛美術館，科羅拉多州，1998-1999年，編號 54

Ewers for wine were made in large quantities, usually complete with warmers. They were one of the many qingbai wares intended for widespread use, not only for rulers and officials, but also for the common person.