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AN UNUSUAL DING-TYPE LOBED EWER
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AN UNUSUAL DING-TYPE LOBED EWER

LIAO DYNASTY (907-1125)

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AN UNUSUAL DING-TYPE LOBED EWER
LIAO DYNASTY (907-1125)
Of ovoid form on a short foot, applied with a small protruding spout to the side of the six-lobed body, the ropetwist handle looped over the aperture ending in three unravelled floral terminals, covered with a clear glaze of slightly greenish-grey tone
5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Compare the similar ewer excavated in 1980 from the Liao tombs of Haoqianyingzi and illustrated in Neimenggu Lishi Wenwu, Inner Mongolia Museum, 1987, pl. 74. A similar ewer was sold in these Rooms, 9 December 1985, lot 93; and another example sold in Christies New York, 2 June 1994, lot 266.

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