A RARE DATED TIBETAN-STYLE GOLD 'MARRIAGE' EWER AND COVER GUANGXU MARK AND PERIOD, DATED 1888 the cylindrical body rising from a recessed base to a cusped crown and divided into two sections by a horizontal band cast with leafy floral strapwork, with similar bands at the base and rim, each section of the body incised with double xi characters ('happiness') and flanked by a long tailed phoenix and a five-clawed dragon amidst ruyi-head cloud scrolls, set one side with a curved upright spout rising from the open mouth of a dragon and to the other with a tall rectangular brass handle cast with a pair of confronted dragon heads, each pierced at the mouth and suspending a gold ring with two bells and a chain linking them, the handle with nine-character inscription Tong liang chong ershiyi liang liu qian ('brass handle weighting 21.6 ounces') the simple domed cover set with a ruyi boss and ring handle, the base with sixteen-character inscription Guangxu shisi nian, qi cheng jin chong yibai ershiwu liang jiu qian ('[Made in the] 14th year of the Guangxu reign, corresponding to 1888, of 70% pure gold weighting 125.9 ounces') Quantity: 2 48.5 cm., 19 in.
A RARE DATED TIBETAN-STYLE GOLD 'MARRIAGE' EWER AND COVER GUANGXU MARK AND PERIOD, DATED 1888 the cylindrical body rising from a recessed base to a cusped crown and divided into two sections by a horizontal band cast with leafy floral strapwork, with similar bands at the base and rim, each section of the body incised with double xi characters ('happiness') and flanked by a long tailed phoenix and a five-clawed dragon amidst ruyi-head cloud scrolls, set one side with a curved upright spout rising from the open mouth of a dragon and to the other with a tall rectangular brass handle cast with a pair of confronted dragon heads, each pierced at the mouth and suspending a gold ring with two bells and a chain linking them, the handle with nine-character inscription Tong liang chong ershiyi liang liu qian ('brass handle weighting 21.6 ounces') the simple domed cover set with a ruyi boss and ring handle, the base with sixteen-character inscription Guangxu shisi nian, qi cheng jin chong yibai ershiwu liang jiu qian ('[Made in the] 14th year of the Guangxu reign, corresponding to 1888, of 70% pure gold weighting 125.9 ounces') Quantity: 2 48.5 cm., 19 in.
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