A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE WATER POT AND A BRONZE INCENSE STICK HOLDER 16TH/17TH CENTURY The...

A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE WATER POT AND A BRONZE INCENSE STICK HOLDER 16TH/17TH CENTURY The square-section water pot with a chicken head-shaped spout and a loop handle inlaid with silver and copper wire with archaistic scrolling design, raised on four bracket feet, the vase with an ovoid body on a flared foot and a tall neck with two handles and a flared rim, all decorated with stylised lotus flowerheads and foliage, 11cm and 6.8cm, 138g and 201g. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Professor Peter H Plesch and Mrs Traudi Plesch OBE and thence by descent, collection no.Bv7 and Bv11, the water potpurchased from Spink & Son Ltd at the 1968 Antique Dealers Fair for £10, exhibited at the OCS exhibition in 1983, no.44.