A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE MINIATURE WINE VESSEL, ZUNMING DYNASTY |

decorated overall in gold and silver inlays, the bulbous central section and the splayed foot depicting stylised taotie masks divided by vertical flanges, surmounted by a wide trumpet neck encircled by upright cicada motifs and archaistic scrolls, carved wood stand

Morisada Hosokawa, Ittokuroku [Wisdom in pieces], Tokyo, 1982, no. 33.

For another gold and silver-inlaid bronze vessel of similar high quality decoration, see the gui vessel from the collection of Ulrich Hausmann, sold in these rooms, 8th October 2014, lot 3350.