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A RARE SILVER EWER AND COVER
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The ewer is applied to the angular shoulder with an elegant
S-curved spout and arched strap handle, the cover shaped as a
double gourd surmounting a columnar tube, both sections of the
cover hammered with rows of lotus petals. The cover and handle
are connected by a loop.
7 Ω in. (19 cm.) high, box
HK$700,000-900,000 US$91,000-120,000
A larger ewer of identical form and design (34.1 cm.) dating to the
Southern Song period, was excavated from a hoard in Xidajie, Pengzhou
city, Sichuan, and now preserved in the Sichuan Pengzhou Museum. It
is accompanied by a foliate-shaped silver warming bowl (see Zhongguo
jinyin boli falangqi quanji -2- jinyinqi, Hebei, 2004, no. 289 (fig. 1). The
hoard has another silver ewer and warming bowl (32 cm.) of almost
identical design with the exception of a swirl-shaped design linking the
spout and neck, illustrated ibid., no. 240.

南宋 銀蓮蓋折肩執壺
四川彭州市西大街窖曾出土一件較大、定年南宋的銀壺（34.1 公分），
造型與本拍品如出一轍，現藏四川彭州市博物館，可資參考，著錄於
2004 年河北出版《中國金銀玻璃琺瑯器全集 -2- 金銀器（二）》，
圖版 289 號（圖一）。同窖出土另一件造型相同的銀壺（32 公分），
惟器頸與流相接的片飾略不同，見同上，圖版 240 號。
fig. 1 Collection of Sichuan Pengzhou Museum
圖一 四川彭州市博物館藏品

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