146. IMPORTANT ET TRÈS GRAND VASE ARCHAÏSANT EN BRONZE INCRUSTÉ XVIIIe siècle A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY LARGE ARCHAISTIC GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE, HU 18th century The tall, waisted neck set with a pair of loop handles in the shape of stylised qilong, cast in low relief with squared panels of archaistic animal motifs within interlocked narrow borders divided by pointed studs, the neck decorated with pendant cicada-blades below a band of confronting kui dragons and a keyfret band encircling the rim, all inlaid in fine silver and gold sheet and wire. 90cm (35 3/8in) high. 十八世紀 銅錯金銀仿古紋雙螭龍耳壺 Provenance: Formerly in a German collection, acquired before 1945 (by repute), acquired from the collection 來源： 德國私人舊藏，於1945年前入藏（傳） 現藏家得自上述來源 A gold and silver-inlaid bronze vase of the same shape and design but smaller size was sold in Christie's London, 3 December 1973, lot 243. See also a bronze vase of similar massive size and shape, decorated with an archaistic, gold and silver-inlaid design, sold in Sotheby's London, 15 April 1980, lot 39.