A large bronze 'arrow' handled vase, Ming Dynasty, 16th-17th century, cast with a compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot and surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck with two chilong dragons, interrupted by four raised ridges, the splayed foot decorated with archaistic designs, 48cm high, 4,860 gramsProvenance: The property of a gentleman and by family descent Compare with a large bronze 'arrow' vase, in Hugh Moss and Gerard Tsang, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, 1986, cat. no. 264, where the authors discuss the ritual of the arrow game (taohu) in reference to the Book of Rites (Liji), and illustrate the section on arrow vases from the Sancai Tuhui (1607). 明十六至十七世紀 銅螭龍仿古雙貫耳投壺 （克重4869g)拍品來源：紳士私人收藏，後由家族繼承

loss of patinaold knocks dents and chipsfoot possibly re-attached with soldered band