FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960)

Compare to three Xing white-glazed flasks of similar form, also dating to the Five Dynasties. The first is in the Shanghai Museum Collection, the second in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Collection, both illustrated in Xing Kiln of China, Beijing, 2012, p. 378 and 399 respectively. The third was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2016, lot 674.

The result of Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test no. P107p21 (17 May 2007) is consistent with the dating of this lot.