Tang Dynasty|Elegantly modelled with a slender ovoid body raising to a flaring rim, applied with a short spout to one side of the shoulder and a lion-shaped handle to the other side of the rim, all under a creamy-white glaze, fitted box. 10cm (4in) high (2).|唐 刑窯白釉獅耳小注壺Provenance: the Sze Yuan Tang collection, acquired in Hong Kong circa 1980s-1990s來源： 思源堂收藏，於約1980至1990年代購自香港Compare a similar Xingyao lion-handled ewer, Tang dynasty, of similar size and ovoid form potted with a short spout and lion handle, illustrated by B.Gyllensvärd in Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1965, p.100, no.289. Another related white-glazed ewer, 9th century, Late Tang dynasty, formerly in the Eurmorfopoulos collection, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, of similar form modelled with a similar lion handle, is illustrated by S.Pierson, Chinese Ceramics, London, 2009, p.19, no.18.