A RARE SILVERY BRONZE KUNDIKA AND COVER SUI-EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 7TH CENTURY The plain ovoid body raised on a flared shallow foot ring and surmounted by a tall, slender, slightly waisted neck rising to an everted mouth rim, the shoulder applied with an elephant head with raised trunk and open mouth masking a small aperture in the body, the cover cast in relief with a band of petals encircling the base of the nozzle-shaped finial or spout, the pale silvery body with some cloudy patina and ferrous encrustation. 9 ½ in. (24.2 cm.) high Provenance Sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2000, lot 187
A RARE SILVERY BRONZE KUNDIKA AND COVER SUI-EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 7TH CENTURY The plain ovoid body raised on a flared shallow foot ring and surmounted by a tall, slender, slightly waisted neck rising to an everted mouth rim, the shoulder applied with an elephant head with raised trunk and open mouth masking a small aperture in the body, the cover cast in relief with a band of petals encircling the base of the nozzle-shaped finial or spout, the pale silvery body with some cloudy patina and ferrous encrustation. 9 ½ in. (24.2 cm.) high Provenance Sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2000, lot 187
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