A RARE WHITE-GLAZED EWER AND COVER EARLY MING DYNASTY / INTERREGNUM with a voluminous pear-shaped body resting on a nearly straight foot and extending into a waisted neck with a straight angular rim, the tall curved spout connected to the neck by a scroll strut, opposite a curved strap handle attached horizontally to the neck, enhanced with a raised central ridge and a pointed terminal with three knobs of clay, the handle surmounted by a small 'S'-shaped loop, the domed cover with a vertical rim and a tapered flange on the interior fitting tightly onto the ewer, set on one side with a 'S'-shaped loop for attachment to the ewer, the bud-shaped knob sitting on a slightly raised roundel on top, the white porcelain covered overall with a thick smooth 'sweet-white' (tianbai) glaze 30 cm., 11 3/4 in.
A RARE WHITE-GLAZED EWER AND COVER EARLY MING DYNASTY / INTERREGNUM with a voluminous pear-shaped body resting on a nearly straight foot and extending into a waisted neck with a straight angular rim, the tall curved spout connected to the neck by a scroll strut, opposite a curved strap handle attached horizontally to the neck, enhanced with a raised central ridge and a pointed terminal with three knobs of clay, the handle surmounted by a small 'S'-shaped loop, the domed cover with a vertical rim and a tapered flange on the interior fitting tightly onto the ewer, set on one side with a 'S'-shaped loop for attachment to the ewer, the bud-shaped knob sitting on a slightly raised roundel on top, the white porcelain covered overall with a thick smooth 'sweet-white' (tianbai) glaze 30 cm., 11 3/4 in.
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