A FINE SILVER-INLAID ARCHAISTIC BRONZE EWER AND HINGED COVER

MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY

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A FINE SILVER-INLAID ARCHAISTIC BRONZE EWER AND HINGED COVER
ming/early qing dynasty
The large globular pear-shaped body applied with a raised band inlaid with leafy scrolls between geometric lappets and divided by a small loop handle, the mouth with a wide spout to one side and surmounted by a domed cover shaped as an animal head with horns and bulging eyes, with two loops for the double hinge attached to the neck, and the animal's snout opening for pouring, the bronze with a gun-metal patina
13½ in. (34.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

See a possible archaic prototype from the 5th/4th century B.C. in the Baron Paul Hatvany Collection, illustrated by William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1962, no.64a.

Compare a very similar archaistic wine vessel illustrated by Michael Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, 1989, no.83.

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