• Dimension: Height: 8 3/4 in (22.0 cm) Length: 7 3/8 in (18.5 cm) Width: 4 7/8 in (12.5 cm)
• Estimate From: $5000
• Estimate To: $10000

Chinese. With lobed body and raised on a splayed foot, the spout carved in the form of ram head, fitted with a lobed cover, secured with three gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel handles, the stone is of even polished white tone. Qing Dynasty period or later.

白玉羊首瓜棱式銅鑲琺瑯提梁壺，以和闐上等白玉雕琢而成，玉質細膩溫潤。器身以十二瓣瓜形為圓腹，壺蓋與足亦均分十二瓣。蓋鈕以多瓣瓜造型層層相迭為寶塔形。最精緻者為壺內及蓋內亦打凹分瓣，與外腹之十二瓣形成呼應，蓋、壺以子母口相合，嚴絲合縫。