A BLUE-GLAZED 'BUDDHISTIC LION' EWER, the beast seated forming the neck attached to the spout, with a flaring aperture in its back, the broad globular body plain with a band of broad lotus petals at the shoulder, all under a translucent deep blue glaze pooling on the spreading foot (head restuck, spout tip restored),

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A BLUE-GLAZED 'BUDDHISTIC LION' EWER, the beast seated forming the neck attached to the spout, with a flaring aperture in its back, the broad globular body plain with a band of broad lotus petals at the shoulder, all under a translucent deep blue glaze pooling on the spreading foot (head restuck, spout tip restored),

16th Century
23.5cm. high

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A similar ewer with a fish replacing the lion was sold in these rooms, 7 December 1984, lot 95

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