A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BEAKER VASE

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A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BEAKER VASE
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Of gu form, the knop decorated with two taotie masks centered on and separated by notched flanges, with emblem-filled blades above and below and decorative borders at the rims, the interior cast with an archaistic inscription, all in silver and gold inlay reserved against an olive-brown patina--14¼in. (36.2cm.) high