A BROWN-GLAZED EWER, YUAN China, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Modeled with horizontal ribs and wide neck, with short spout and applied C-shaped handle, covered in a chocolate-colored glaze stopping shortly above the foot revealing the sand-colored buff. Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, occasional light surface scratches and one minor chip to the tip of the spout. Provenance: Pou Fok Antique Arts, Macao, 1998. Dr. de Jong is a Dutch art historian and has been privately collecting Chinese art over decades. He has authored hundreds of articles and several books on Dutch fine and decorative arts spanning from the Middle Ages to the modern era. In 2013, he published an extensive study of Chinese riding gear in "Dragon & Horse, Saddle Rugs and Other Horse Tack from China and Beyond". Between 1976 and 2009 he worked for numerous museums across the Netherlands and was the director of the European Ceramic Work Center in Den Bosch. Weight: 299 g Dimensions: Height 11.3 cm Literature comparison: Compare with a similar ewer in Kam-Chuen Ho, Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Arts, Hong Kong 1994, no. 120, p. 276 [C.37 doc. a] and another brown-glazed dish of the Raozhou-type, no. 122, p. 281.