A CHINESE SOAPSTONE ARCHAISTIC 'DRAGON' POURING VESSEL.

Ming Dynasty.

The square-section body carved with dragons in low relief, the pointy spout with a flaming pearl above crushing waves, the back with a dragon head handle, all raised on a straight foot with a Xi Niao Shan mark to the base, 8cm H, 14cm long.

Provenance: English private collection.

明 壽山石雕龍紋炳觚，陰刻「西鸟單」款

來源：英國私人收藏。