A RARE LARGE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TAPIR-FORM VESSEL, XIZUN, YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
A RARE LARGE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TAPIR-FORM VESSEL, XIZUN
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
The stocky, tapir-like mythical beast is heavily cast standing foursquare with head facing forward, ears pricked and tail pointed downwards. The body is inlaid in silver and gold with geometric scrolls and the head is cast in relief with curved brows and a collar encircling the neck. The hollowed body is fitted with a hinged cover cast and decorated as a bird with backward-turned head centering its curved wings.
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) long
Provenance
Michael Goedhuis, London, 1996.
Marilyn Ackerman (1930-2012) Collection, Mamaroneck, New York.
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A RARE LARGE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TAPIR-FORM VESSEL, XIZUN
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
The stocky, tapir-like mythical beast is heavily cast standing foursquare with head facing forward, ears pricked and tail pointed downwards. The body is inlaid in silver and gold with geometric scrolls and the head is cast in relief with curved brows and a collar encircling the neck. The hollowed body is fitted with a hinged cover cast and decorated as a bird with backward-turned head centering its curved wings.
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) long
Provenance
Michael Goedhuis, London, 1996.
Marilyn Ackerman (1930-2012) Collection, Mamaroneck, New York.
PROPERTY FROM THE MARILYN ACKERMAN COLLECTION
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