The animal scroll weight is finely cast recumbent with its legs tucked beside it and its tail flicked on its haunches, its head raised looking upwards. The details of the fur are executed in inlaid silver wire.Catalogue note:Compare the present lot with a very similar example published in Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics, Summer Exhibition, 2002, no. 16.Provenance: from a private Dutch collection.Origin: ChinaPeriod: 17th centurySizes: 11.80 cm. W4.65 in. W