宋 青白釉執壺連蓋及溫盌

the ewer with an ovoid body rising to a sloping shoulder, set with a gently curved spout and a loop strap handle, the cylindrical neck surmounted by a fitted cover with an animal finial; the warming bowl with deep lobed sides rising to a foliate rim, all covered with a translucent blue-tinged glaze

They are in overall good condition. There are minor nicks and polished fritting to the edges, including a flake of approx. 1.3 cm to the rim of the bowl and another to the rim of the cover. They also have some typical firing imperfections, including spur marks and kiln grits especially to the bases of the ewer and the bowl.
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A ewer of this type, dated to the Northern Song was unearthed in 2004 in Dantu District, Zhejiang city, illustrated in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China], Beijing, 2007, vol. 7, pl. 116.