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Lot Essay
This ewer was likely intended for wine and would originally have had a cover and sat in a warming basin. Sets of this kind were derived from silver prototypes such as an octagonal silver ewer and warming basin engraved with floral design excavated in 1978 from a hoard found at a Liao dynasty site at Balin Youqi in Ju Ud Meng, Inner Mongolia, illustrated in Zongguo meishu quanji - Gongyi meishu bian, vol. 10, Beijing, 1987, p. 59, nos. 120-121.
A very similar lobed ewer attributed to the Ding kilns, also molded with a dragon's head at the base of the spout, is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu - Sung and Liao Dynasties, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1977, no. 78.
A very similar lobed ewer attributed to the Ding kilns, also molded with a dragon's head at the base of the spout, is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu - Sung and Liao Dynasties, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1977, no. 78.