A very fine bronze 'mythical beast' water-potSilver-wire-inlaid Shisou mark, late Ming Dynasty The recumbent animal finely cast with almond-shaped eyes, small nostrils and gentle smile beneath a single short horn between two long ears, its head turned sharply overlooking the aperture on its rounded back, its tail sweeping over its right haunch, the slightly recessed base with silver-wire inlaid mark surrounded by stylised dragons. 13cm (5 1/8in) long.注脚明晚期 銅製瑞獸水丞嵌銀絲「石叟」款Provenance: John J. Studzinski, CBE 來源：大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏Published and Illustrated: Michael Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes AD. 1100-1900, London, 1989, pl.36.出版著錄：英國倫敦，Michael Goedhuis，《Chinese and Japanese Bronzes AD. 1100-1900》，1989年，編號36Compare with a related bronze figure of a Buddhist lion inlaid with gold and silver, 15th/16th century, illustrated by R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, p.89, no.73.