Lot: 152 Gilt-Repoussé Copper Meiping Vase This metalwork vase is decorated with four mythical creatures within a large ruyi border and embellished with floral scrolls. The round shoulders are adorned with a band of ruyi heads, which is surmounted by a tapering neck with a lipped rim. The body tapers to an elongated splayed foot, decorated with a band of overlapping leaf blades set below an additional band of foliage. The base is inscribed with four characters. 铜制馏金梅瓶 Size: 12 1/2 in. (31 cm.) h x 7 in. (17 cm.) w