A MINIATURE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID SQUARE PEAR-SHAPED VESSEL, FANGHU

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A MINIATURE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID SQUARE PEAR-SHAPED VESSEL, FANGHU
SONG/MING DYNASTY

Of characteristic shape, inlaid with taotie masks on the sides between lappet borders at the foot and neck, with a pair of cast ram's-head handles, repair, some inlay missing -- 2½in.(6.4cm) high
Exhibited
New York, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, Early Chinese Miniatures, March 16-May 29, 1977, no. 221