A CHINESE SILVER WIRE AND GOLD INLAID BRONZE HU-SHAPED VASE LATE MING DYNASTY The pear-shaped...

A CHINESE SILVER WIRE AND GOLD INLAID BRONZE HU-SHAPED VASE

LATE MING DYNASTY

The pear-shaped body decorated with taotie masks against a leiwen ground, the neck with raised animal masks and archaistic motifs, flanked by two cylindrical handles with geometric designs, with a band of key fret in silver wire encircling the rim, the base cast with a mark, 27cm, 2.1kg.