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Lot Essay
The ewer is exquisitely inlaid with gold and silver and skilfully cast in the shape of a goose. The technique first emerged during the Zhou dynasty and reached its refinement by the Western Han period. With the intricate craftsmanship and diverse decorative motifs, Zhou dynasty pieces served as a rich source of inspiration for the craftsman of the Song dynasty and later periods in creating archaistic works.
Compare with a Zhou dynasty silver-wire inlaid duck-form prototype, illustrated in Xiqing Gujian, vol.9, no.72 (fig. 1); a nearly identical Song dynasty gold and silver-wire inlaid example from the Avery Brundage Collection, now housed in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; and a Song dynasty gold and silver-inlaid goose-form ewer with a handle across the back in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number: M.731:1-1910.
Compare with a Zhou dynasty silver-wire inlaid duck-form prototype, illustrated in Xiqing Gujian, vol.9, no.72 (fig. 1); a nearly identical Song dynasty gold and silver-wire inlaid example from the Avery Brundage Collection, now housed in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; and a Song dynasty gold and silver-inlaid goose-form ewer with a handle across the back in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number: M.731:1-1910.