AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE POURING VESSEL (GONG) QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

of oval section supported on a splayed foot, the body cast with a taotie band, between bands of linked archaistic dragons on the neck and foot, set on one side with a loop tabbed handle issuing from the mouth of a dragon, the metal with a reddish-brown patina