A pair of archaistic silver-inlaid bronze tapirs, Ming dynasty, 16th - 17th century 明十六至十七世紀 銅錯銀貘一對

The design of these tapirs is based on Eastern Zhou animal-shaped vessels, such as the wine vessel from the collection of the Taipei Palace Museum, illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Bronze in the Palace Museum, Taipei, 1969, pl. 25.