A CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER-DECORATED PEAR-SHAPED VESSEL, ZHI

A CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER-DECORATED PEAR-SHAPED VESSEL, ZHI
17TH CENTURY/18TH CENTURY

Raised on a tall flaring foot, the body decorated with a band of taotie and stylised kui dragons with gilt and silver highlights on a leiwen ground, flanked by two flanges below the everted rim, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 114', 2.2kg, 29.6cm.

Provenance: purchased from Gerard and Elvina Hawthorn, July 2017.

十七/十八世紀 銅錯金銀饕餮觶

From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.