A white-glaze ewer, Song dynasty(960-1279),
well-potted with an six-lobed body rising to a tall cylindrical neck flaring at the rim, set on one side with a slender, curving spout opposite a strap handle with a small ring at the top, decorated with a low horizontal ridge at the base of the trumpet neck, an incised band just below the rim, a lightly incised series of lines around the mid-section of the body and a leaf-form freely carved at the base of the spout, covered overall with a transparent ivory-white glaze pooling to a darker tone within the recesses, the base and footrim unglazed.
Height: 23.5cm, 9in.

Color shifting to the neck, some glaze losssed to the bottom area, otherwise to be in good condition.