GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY LEATHER-FORM 'PILGRIM' FLASK, LIAO DYNASTY

GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY LEATHER-FORM 'PILGRIM' FLASK, LIAO DYNASTY, the top with a cylindrical neck and two pierced suspension holes, the spreading saddle-shaped body incised on each side with a foliate-scroll motif, the foot unglazed, 20cm high Provenance: The Oriental Art Fund, London, 26th February 1999. Note: for similar examples see - Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, no.176. Another flask from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics by He Li, 2011, no.216. See also Christies King Street, 17th June 2003, lot 10.