A CHINESE BRONZE ISLAMIC SHAPE EWER

18th century or earlier

With a pear-shaped body cast with peach-shaped panels to either side, one enclosing the auspicious character fu, the other shou, resting on a splayed foot pierced with a blossom design, applied with a loop handle and a phoenix spout, the slender waisted neck capped with a knopped cover

32cm, 1.1kg