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A LOBED SILVER VASE
SONG DYNASTY
thinly cast, the slightly tapering ovoid body
divided into twelve vertical lobes rising to a
waisted neck and ß at everted rim, all raised on a
short, straight foot, the patina a brownish-gray
with dark brown and pale green encrustation
Height 6⅝ in., 16.8 cm
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.
$ 40,000-60,000
⬳ġġġ戨䒄㢙䒞

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