Tang Dynasty or later The bulbous body surmounted by a slender neck rising from a cast single line border to a flared rim, raised on a tall flared foot ring, the surface of a rich dark patina. 17.7cm (7 in) high.Footnotes唐或以後 銅淨瓶 Two closely related bronze bottle vases of similar size and shape, both dated to the Tang dynasty, one in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum and another in the Nara National Museum, are illustrated respectively in Special Exhibition of Tin-Bronze of China, Izumi, 1999, nos. 56 & 58, pp.32-33.