Description: H. 5.8 cm, D. 16.5 cm. Flat globed body, short cylindrical foot and neck, fully plastic lion head handle, very fine lotus leaf wreath around the neck and above the foot. Bronze with gold-plashed patina. On base twelve character stamp Xuande Ernian Zhou Yi Wei Xiuhuang Zhuren Zhi (Made by Zhou Yi for Master Xiuhuang in the 2nd Xuande year). From a North German collection, Waldemar Abegg acquired it 1905 in Japan and since then in his family. (302)