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A SILVER WINE EWER AND COVER Ming dynasty silver wine ewers are typically A GILT-BRONZE WINE VESSEL, JUE
Ming Dynasty in the shape as the present lot, see a closely 18th/19th century
Of pear shape, the spout in the form of a related ewer excavated in the mausoleum of The rounded sides stretching towards widened
bamboo culm and adorned with a lotus plate Liang Zhuang Wang with a similar scrolling V-shaped edges, perched on three high arched
close to the mouth opening, connected to cloud plate, looping handle and cover, illustrated feet, each decorated with a beast mask, the
the slightly waisted neck with a scrolling cloud in Zhongguo jinyin boli falangqi quanji, jinyin body with scrolling lotus, adorned with flowers
plate, the other side with a handle incised with pian [The Complete Collection of Chinese gold, in cartouches and two shou (‘longevity’)
floral-diaper ground, connected to a looping silver, glass and enamelled wares: Gold and characters in medallions in reserve, box.
bracket handle applied with a lug to attach the silver wares], Shijiazhuang, 2004, vol.3, p.107, 10.5cm (4 1/8in) high. (2).
domed cover, the cover incised with two bands pl.208.
of scrolling floral and geometric design below HKD35,000 - 45,000
a finial, all raised on a spreading base pierced 銀質，蓋穹頂，上作寶珠形捉手，蓋頂鏨刻菊 US$4,500 - 5,700
with openwork cartouches in the shape of 瓣紋及幾何紋一周，子母口，壺口緣陰刻雙鉤
crab-apple flower, inscribed below the mouth a 六字款：「富壽社丙戌年」，長頸束收，溜 十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金鏨花「壽」紋爵杯
Fushou she mark and dated Bingxu year, with a 肩鼓腹，前側安竹節形長曲流，流嘴安蓮花
gilt ‘peach’-shaped stand. 形片飾，流頸之間安多雲形片飾加以固定，曲 See a closely related mid Qing dynasty gilt-
27cm (10 1/2in) high. (2). 柄，柄身鏨刻錢紋錦地及連枝花紋，蓋鈕及柄 bronze wine vessel in the Qing Court Collection,
之間安活鏈，圈足外撇，足壁海棠形鏤空，壺 illustrated in Views of Antiquity in the Qing
HKD60,000 - 80,000 身光素。 Imperial Palace. Special Exhibition to Celebrate
US$7,600 - 10,000 the 80th Anniversary of the Establishment of the
明代酒壺身多作長頸梨形，外加細彎流及曲 Palace Museum, Macau, 2005, pl.6.
明 富壽社丙戌年款銀執壺 柄，彎流與長頸之間加橫樑固定。本壺之片雲
「富壽社丙戌年」楷書款 狀橫樑與湖北明代梁莊王墓出土之金素杏葉執 爵柱高企，前後流翹起，杯身較淺，整體如元
壺之橫樑頗為相似，且壺蓋及活鏈亦頗相類， 寶狀，左右兩側鏨刻浮雕花卉，杯身鏨刻陰
見《中國金銀玻璃琺瑯器全集·金銀器》，石 線連枝蓮紋及壽字，下承三 首彎足，通體鎏
家莊，2004年，卷3，頁107，編號208。 金。北京故宮藏一件清中期銅鎏金仿古鏨花爵
杯與本件極似，見《邃古來今：慶祝故宮博物
院建院八十週年清宮仿古文物精品特集》，澳
門，2005年，編號6。
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