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AN ARCHAISTIC GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE WINE
VESSEL AND COVER, YOU
18th century
Cast with flanges along the side and an archaistic taotie mask band
on the front and back reserved on a leiwen ground, the neck and foot
similarly decorated with bands of confronting gui dragons, the shoulder
flanked by two small tapir-heads with pointed horns securing a rope-
form handle, the domed cover with two further taotie masks and
flanges encircling the raised knop.
25.5cm (10in) high (2).
£5,000 - 7,000
CNY43,000 - 60,000 HK$50,000 - 70,000

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