A SILVER-INLAID ZITAN SPILL-VASE

18TH CENTURY

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A SILVER-INLAID ZITAN SPILL-VASE
18TH CENTURY
Of square section with canted corners, rising from a slightly tapering foot into a waisted neck, finely inlaid with a fourteen-character inscription in zhuanshu ending on two seal marks, reading qian gu
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The inscription is a couplet that may be translated as:
'The sound of the sword and girdle pendant follow one's steps up the jade stairway
Robed in regalia and stimulated by the fragrance of the imperial incense burner'.

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