A RARE LATE MING SILVER-MOUNTED BLUE AND WHITE 'MAGIC FOUNTAIN' EWER The porcelain Jiajing (1522-66), the silver Ottoman, 19th century Based on a near Eastern form with flattened pear-shaped body raised on a spreading base with tall hexagonal serpentine spout and looping bracket handle applied with a lug to attach the cover, painted with breaking waves around the spreading base and a qilin supporting the basin of a fountain issuing water from phoenix and dragon-head spouts, below plantain leaves around the flaring neck, the spout with auspicious lozenges and flame-scrolls and the handle with floral motifs, the base painted with the character san (three), the silver spout tip and strut similarly incised with lozenges and the double-domed silver cover pierced with a scrolling floral design 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high overall
A RARE LATE MING SILVER-MOUNTED BLUE AND WHITE 'MAGIC FOUNTAIN' EWER The porcelain Jiajing (1522-66), the silver Ottoman, 19th century Based on a near Eastern form with flattened pear-shaped body raised on a spreading base with tall hexagonal serpentine spout and looping bracket handle applied with a lug to attach the cover, painted with breaking waves around the spreading base and a qilin supporting the basin of a fountain issuing water from phoenix and dragon-head spouts, below plantain leaves around the flaring neck, the spout with auspicious lozenges and flame-scrolls and the handle with floral motifs, the base painted with the character san (three), the silver spout tip and strut similarly incised with lozenges and the double-domed silver cover pierced with a scrolling floral design 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high overall
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