A silver-gilt-mounted Chinese Imari ewer
Kangxi (1662-1722), the silver-gilt Augsburg 1741-1743, Esaias Busch IV
The broad baluster body painted with scrolling lotus divided by a gilt horizontal rib around the base and centre, the flat top surmounted by two upright flanges flanking a bracket-handle shaped as two dragons contesting the pearl, pierced with a kidney-shaped aperture to fit the silver-gilt cover opposite the short spout, hairline body crack
24.2 cm. high
A silver-gilt-mounted Chinese Imari ewer
Kangxi (1662-1722), the silver-gilt Augsburg 1741-1743, Esaias Busch IV
The broad baluster body painted with scrolling lotus divided by a gilt horizontal rib around the base and centre, the flat top surmounted by two upright flanges flanking a bracket-handle shaped as two dragons contesting the pearl, pierced with a kidney-shaped aperture to fit the silver-gilt cover opposite the short spout, hairline body crack
24.2 cm. high