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Picked this unusul small ewer. Looks a little like a monk cap ewer mixed with a teapot. Has anyone seen one of these? Do I have my date right? Never seen one of these before, so Im assessing age on the manner of the glaze, heavy potting, high iron content in clay, orange peel on inner white slip inside of the ewer, and the geometric form that reminds me of a ming jade teapot I use to own.
Thanks for the help.
It reminds me of a tin coffee pot. I would not have thought this was Chinese but the Met museum has something of a loosely similar shape, however it looks different where the swells into the body and it is also without the angular features.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/460681
Is it usual to mix an angular spout with a rounded body? Would the base also be glazed blue?
As you can tell, I know nothing about items like this and I would possibly (depending on how it looks in real life) have walked passed this thinking it was modern.
Looking forward to hearing what others have to say.
Julia
@shine Do you have photos of the ewer, specifically of the inside of the lid?
I understand that monochrome like this lost popularity after the 18th c., so I'm struggling with the idea that it is later than 18th c.
The paste is dense and iron rich, and the potting is quite heavy, unlike Qing porcelain. If you look at the photo I posted of the inside of the lid, you can see how thickly they constructed the cover.
I had considered 18th c. as a possibility, but with so much iron and as thick as the potting is, I'm quite convinced early 17th c as the likely period, especially given the richness of the blue enamel.
I can't find the specific ewer, but here's a bowl that Christie's sold dated Wanli that appears to have the same glaze and a similar ewer in red, but they don't date the piece, but it looks Kangxi to me.
@julia You are not alone in that many well informed people might think this was not a Chinese ewer.
I bought it under the description as being French.
Honestly, it would blend in very well with 1960's American Fiestaware, too.
However, the reason why the style seems so familiar with many of us who are of European decent is that Western modernism drew a lot of inspiration fron the minimalist and geometric designs of the Ming period.... we just don't always know it and assume it had been our own ideas from the start. Especially Americans like me! 😅
Certainly not Ming 16/17th C, the overall shape, profile is unknown from these dates ...
Stuart
@greeno107 I'll try and find some but probably deleted ages ago. If I recall the interior of the spout had one single hole.
Vic
Somehow this ewer reminds me of the apple green ewer in the Butler family collection
I would never have guessed that ewer is Chinese. But during a little research on the internet I came across a middle eastern ewer that has the same basic shape. This might suggest that the shape is imported from the middle east as it is often seen in Ming ceramics? Might be worth digging in to. https://www.rubylane.com/item/1715543-47/Mamluk-Revival-Damascus-Coffee-Ewer-Silver
on a chinese ewver an also on teapots, the mout of the spout, the top rim and the top of the handle are almost always on one strait horizontal line. this gives the best pouring result . a good potter takes this always to account.
i think its springmeier is rigth its not chinese
greetings Martin
That is interesting, Martin. I have to say I know remarkably little about making tea.
Maybe this simply isn't for tea?
The item is Chinese,it is known in the West as Lighthouse shaped.
I could not decide whether it was a Coffeepot or a condiment pot for oil.
So far looked back to June 2017 but not found my images.
Connections to earlier pieces are simply co-incidental.It is a Utilitarian piece but the blue glaze is particularly well done.
Vic
@shine I agree... it seems to be for something other than tea or coffee, as the lid is not at all tight, placement of the handle does not allow the finger to keep the lid in place comfortably when pouring, and there is no hole to allow air to pass for smooth pouring.
I believe the lid kept out debis or insects when not in use, and perhaps was removed when pouring, or required two hands, one to hold the lid and the other to pour.
There is a rough overglazed edge on the rim, so I agree as well that this piece was not likely a refine ceremonial piece, but intended for daily use but perhaps in a wealthy home.
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