A CHINESE SILVER AND GOLD INLAID BRONZE 'GOOSE' WATER DROPPER. Late Ming Dynasty. The bird seated with the legs tucked underneath the body, the head with an open beak turned to the sinister, with finely cast plumage inlaid with silver, 12cm long, 55g. 明晚期 銅嵌金銀鵝形水滴 For a related piece see Sotheby’s, 2014, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, lot 333.

(12cm long.)