Japan, Meijiperiod,late 19thCentury
bronze
153 x 64 x 51 cm (60¼x 25¼x 20⅛in.)

Cast in sections and mounted on a high base, the central bulbous body finely detailed and cast with six panels showing scenes of Chinese myths and applied with handles in the form of dragons, the pierced cover cast with the Queen Mother of the West (C. Xiwangmu; J. Seiobo) on top of a rock enwrapped by a dragon, all supported on a footed base cast with elephants.