CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

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A LARGE PLAIN SILVER OVOID EWER AND A COVER
CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The body tapering from the high shoulder to the spreading foot, and the neck flaring at the rim, with a curved, ribbed handle and curved, faceted spout, the domed cover with plain bud finial, the base inscribed with two characters, shou hao (receiving number)
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high, box
615 g
615 g

Provenance

The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1989.

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Lot Essay

A very similar silver ewer and cover, in the British Museum, London, is illustrated by R.S. Jenyns and W. Watson, Chinese Art II, New York, 1966, pp. 55-6, no. 32, where it is noted the ewer belongs to a set of three vessels, one of which is inscribed with a date corresponding to AD 877.

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