A SMALL 'DING' EWER NORTHERN SONG / LIAO DYNASTY |

with an ovoid body above a short slightly tapered foot, set with a loop handle molded as a partially bound rope, issuing from a scroll terminal and dividing into three strands each affixed to the rim with a molded leaf-shaped pendant above the curved spout, covered in a milky white glaze of grayish tone

Tip of the spout is slightly chipped. Surface wear throughout consistent with the type and age. In overall good condition. Residual glue from old labels to the base.
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A similar ewer in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by John G. Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Musuem, London, 1980, pl. 81. Another was sold in these rooms, 23rd March 2011, lot 504.