Tang dynasty|The oviform body surmounted by a waisted neck, the mouth pinched to form a spout and applied with an integral cover connected to a strap handle, the front decorated with three paper-cut designs of quatrefoil patterns and a rhinoceros, reserved against the dark-brown glaze that stops at the buff-colored base above the neatly-cut splayed foot. 11 3/4in (30cm) high|唐 褐釉剪紙貼花犀牛紋執壺ProvenanceDries Blitz, New York, October 2003