A CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE ANIMAL-FORM EWER

18TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE ANIMAL-FORM EWER
18th Century
The stylized figure supporting a globular beaker-form vase with scalloped everted rim, the underside with remains of painted inventory number X.5...
9½in. (24cm.) high

Lot Essay

The fragmentary inventory number painted on the inderside may possibly refer to William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, who was a large scale collector and founder of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, England. All his inventory numbers begin with the letter X.