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44 Water Dropper
in the form of a tortoise with a snake on its back, the tortoise grasping
a two-handled oval cup in its mouth
Ming dynasty, late sixteenth - first half seventeenth century
Cast bronze with decoration inlaid in gold and silver
5.1 centimeter height x 12.7 centimeter length
Clague Collection Number 259
198 10 C H I N A ' S R E N A I S S A N C E IN B R O N Z E