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AN INSCRIBED BRONZE GOOSE-FORM VESSEL AND COVER
CHINA, LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH- EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Modeled recumbent with the head lowered, and a poetic inscription to the base, signed Shen Cunzhou, the detachable cover incised with feather markings and a two-character inscription to the cover interior which reads cang xiang ('hidden incense'), all covered with a blackish-green patina
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) long
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The poetic inscription on the base refers to Eastern Jin calligrapher Wang Xizhi (AD 321-379), followed by two seals reading Cun and Zhou, referring to Shen Cunzhou (1629-1709).

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