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30 août 2018

A lobed silver vase, Song dynasty (960-1279)

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Lot 241. A lobed silver vase, Song dynasty (960-1279). Height 6 5/8  in., 16.8 cmEstimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Sold Price: 50,000 USD. © Sotheby's 2018.

thinly cast, the slightly tapering ovoid body divided into twelve vertical lobes rising to a waisted neck and flat everted rim, all raised on a short, straight foot, the patina a brownish-gray with dark brown and pale green encrustation 

Note: Compare a closely related silver vase of very similar form, excavated from a Song dynasty horde in Pengzhou, Sichuan province, now in the Pengzhou City Museum, published in Sichuan Pengzhou Songdai jinyinqi jiaocang [The Song dynasty horde of gold and silver wares in Pengzhou, Sichuan province], Beijing, 2003, pl. 167..

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 12 sept. 2018, 10:30 AM

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