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Bronze water dropper in form of a pumpkin
Bronze water dropper in form of a pumpkin
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Title
Gold and gilt enriched bronze water dropper in form of a pumpkin with squirrel handleLate Ming dynasty (1600-44)
Short title
Bronze water dropper in form of a pumpkin
Record number
BATEA : 290
Simple name
water container
Classified name
metal; bronze; Ming; water container; fruit; pumpkin; animal; squirrel; scholar's studio; China; motif; symbolsim; fungus;
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A gold and gilt enriched bronze water dropper in the form of a pumpkin of six segments, the handle in the form of a gilded tree-shrew or squirrel holding in its mouth a gilded fungus covering the air hole, a short gilded spout opposite the handle.
Description material
bronze & gold
Description condition
good , but some rubbing of the gilding
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brown and gold
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Description length
7.5 cm
Description height
4.8 cm
Description diameter
Description width
5.5 cm
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17 century
Production period
Ming
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China
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