WINE BOTTLE in bronze with a light patina, formerly lacquered gold, modelled on a standing goose with an elongated neck, the tip of the beak forming a spout, the back surmounted by a covered vase with a shoulder flanked by a movable handle held by two lion heads. An apocryphal mark of Emperor Qianlong in zhuanshu script on the animal’s belly. China, Qing dynasty, c. 1900. A SPLASHED-STYLE GOOSE-FORM BRONZE WINE VESSEL, CA. 1900. HEIGHT: 30 CM (11 13/16 IN.)