A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF A TAPIR SONG TO MING DYNASTY

cast in the form of a tapir standing foursquare, the beast with bulging gold-inlaid eyes, an upturned snout and swept back ears, a raised band forming the collar round its neck, the taut muscular body of the beast inlaid in gold and silver wire with four spiral scrolls

Erik Thomsen Asian Art.

A larger bronze example of similar form and casting, but lacking the gold and silver inlay, is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, a gift from Edward G. Kennedy in 1929, accession number 29.110.9.