A JADE AND SEMI-PRECIOUS INLAID SILVER EWER

Description:

Mongolia, ca, 1900
H. 29 cm
Standing on a cylindrical everted base embossed as a row of lotus petals, the flat tear-drop shaped body set to each side with a jade plaque carved with a dragon, placed within an embossed border of mythological animals, the curved spout issued by a dragon, the handle formed as a dragon as well, the cover topped with a jade bird and the whole inlaid with red coral and turquoise beads.
South German private collection, assembled before 2007
Minor traces of age, slightly chipped