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AN ANNAMESE HORSE-SHAPED BRONZE EWER AND A BRONZE BELL
the ewer 14th century, the bell 12th century
The horse standing four-square, finely cast with a harness of flower-heads and loops suspending lappets, the saddle and saddle-cloth decorated with a scrolling leafy stem, the head with mouth and forehead apertures, the smooth olive patina with malachite encrustation, minute crack to head; the bell of tall domed shape with a band of raised beads above a band of trigrams, all on a leiwen and ruyi-head ground, surmounted by a double-dragon finial, crack, part of rim restored
8¾in. (22.3cm.) long, 7½in. (19cm.) high (2)
the ewer 14th century, the bell 12th century
The horse standing four-square, finely cast with a harness of flower-heads and loops suspending lappets, the saddle and saddle-cloth decorated with a scrolling leafy stem, the head with mouth and forehead apertures, the smooth olive patina with malachite encrustation, minute crack to head; the bell of tall domed shape with a band of raised beads above a band of trigrams, all on a leiwen and ruyi-head ground, surmounted by a double-dragon finial, crack, part of rim restored
8¾in. (22.3cm.) long, 7½in. (19cm.) high (2)