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A SMALL SILVER-INLAID BRONZE
MYTHICAL BEAST-FORM WATER
DROPPER
MID-QING DYNASTY
The water dropper is in the form of a three-legged mythical beast,
the spout resembles the head of a ram-like beast with a single horn,
the body inlaid in silver with taotie masks surrounded by archaistic
spirals, the handle attached with a hinged cover surmounted by a
bird-form finial.
3 2 in. (8.1 cm.) wide, silver-inlaid zitan stand

HK$160,000-200,000 US$21,000-26,000
Compare to an almost identical silver-inlaid bronze water dropper in the
Qing Court Collection, now in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
Small Refined Articles of the Study, The Complete Collection of Treasures 圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品
of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2009, p. 193, no. 180 (fig. 1).

清中期 銅錯銀瑞獸形硯滴

此硯滴配有紫檀錯銀座子。清宮舊藏一件造型幾乎相同的例子，同樣斷
代清中期，現藏北京故宮博物院，著錄於故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系《文
玩》，上海，2009 年，頁 193，圖版 180 號（圖一）。

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