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MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
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AN UNUSUAL PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ARCHAISTIC EWER AND COVER
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Of rounded-square form raised on four tall winged mythical beast supports, each side cast in sunken relief with four reserves of confronted and opposed dragons framed by the gilt borders, beneath a band of stylized dragon scroll on the shoulder, the neck surmounted by an everted rim cast with a key-fret border, the handle formed as a dragon with broad horns, and the spout as a tiger with mouth open in a roar, the faceted cover cast in similar fashion and surmounted by four birds
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Of rounded-square form raised on four tall winged mythical beast supports, each side cast in sunken relief with four reserves of confronted and opposed dragons framed by the gilt borders, beneath a band of stylized dragon scroll on the shoulder, the neck surmounted by an everted rim cast with a key-fret border, the handle formed as a dragon with broad horns, and the spout as a tiger with mouth open in a roar, the faceted cover cast in similar fashion and surmounted by four birds
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
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