Two Silvered Bronze Vessels

TANG DYNASTY

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Two Silvered Bronze Vessels
Tang Dynasty
One a bottle with full, ovoid body surmounted by a slender neck rising from an incised double line border to a flared rim with flat top, raised on a shallow flared foot ring; the other a bowl, raised on a narrow foot ring, the shallow, rounded sides with two incised double line bands on the exterior, the interior with a double line medallion in the center and a single line band below the everted rim, both with green encrustation
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high and 4.3/8in. (11.1cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

A similar bronze bottle standing within a shallow bowl, the two described as a Buddhist ritual vase and basin, dated late 7th/early 8th century, in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, is illustrated in 'An Interview with Bruce and Ruth Ann Dayton', Orientations, June 1999, p. 87 (bottom). The basin illustrated in the article is larger and of different form than the present bowl.

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