A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TAPIR-FORM VESSEL (ZUN) MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY finely cast after the archaic bronze wine vessel, the beast standing four square with head raised and ears pricked, the mouth slightly open and pierced below a curled snout, bearing a collar encircling the neck, the sides and haunches cast with scrolls and swirling patterns in low relief, with the long tapered tail swept to the side below a hinged circular cover, profusely decorated all over with archaistic motifs in silver inlay and gilt, the bronze with an enhanced greenish-brown patina with patches of malachite-green encrustation Length 11 1/2 in., 29.2 cm
A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TAPIR-FORM VESSEL (ZUN) MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY finely cast after the archaic bronze wine vessel, the beast standing four square with head raised and ears pricked, the mouth slightly open and pierced below a curled snout, bearing a collar encircling the neck, the sides and haunches cast with scrolls and swirling patterns in low relief, with the long tapered tail swept to the side below a hinged circular cover, profusely decorated all over with archaistic motifs in silver inlay and gilt, the bronze with an enhanced greenish-brown patina with patches of malachite-green encrustation Length 11 1/2 in., 29.2 cm
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