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18. WHITE-GLAZED XING WARE TALL EWER
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The tall neck supports a flaring, floral dished-mouth; the spout is applied to the shoulder of the baluster-shaped body. The white glaze has a very even, lustrous texture with a silky touch. This is a classic shape in Xing and Ding-type ewers of this period, distinguished by the use of dished-mouths in vases and ewers and the combination of silver with ceramic forms. A Xing ewer of identical shape is published by Rose Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum, pl. 35. Another in the Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, is illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan Series, vol. 13, col. pl. 4. The Xing kilns in Hebei produced particularly fine white wares during the Tang Dynasty. Many of these marked with ying, guan and xinguan characters were made for official use at Court. The kilns continued to flourish into the Five Dynasties and Liao Dynasty, but were eventually eclipsed by the rise of the Ding kilns very soon afterwards. |
