SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

It is very rare to find a ewer that has survived alongside its corresponding basin. A Northern Song dynasty qingbai ewer with a very similar cover surmounted by a seated lion, also with a lobed warming basin, was excavated in 2004 at Shangdang commune, Dantu county, Zhenjiang city, and is illustrated in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji - 7 – Jiangsu Shanghai (Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), vol. 7, Beijing, 2008, no. 116. The Shangdang basin, however, lacks the band of molded petals around the foot.