明十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋鋪首耳壺

of archaistic form, cast with a pear-shaped body, the shoulder flanked by a pair of Buddhist lion-mask handles suspending loose rings, the exterior decorated with four main registers enclosing large lotus blooms wreathed in scrolling foliage issuing curling leaves