A CHINESE BRONZE WINE EWER AND COVER.17th to 18th Century.Of rectangular form, with the pear-shaped body rising from a high everted foot to a slender waisted neck, the spout emerging from a dragon’s mouth and the tubular handle fixed to the neck with a dragon ornament, the neck decorated with bats above a trailing ribbon and the body with a medallion enclosing figures, 25cm H, 550g. (2)十七至十八世紀 銅人物園景圖紋執壺The present ewer relates closely to examples in precious metals including a Ming silver ewer published in Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1953, cat no 151, and a gold ewer dating to the Qianlong era.