A Bronze Arrow Vase, Touhu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)明 铜螭龙纹贯耳投壶Heavily cast in three sections, the tall slender neck flanked by two lug handles with continuous key-fret patterns above an archaistic band of chi-dragons in relief reserved on a `leiwen` 雷纹 pattern, all raised on a spreading foot, height 7.9 in — 20 cmNote:Compare with examples from Christie`s New York, September 18, 2014, lot 1040, sold for $4,375 USD; Christie`s New York, December 9, 2020, lot 112, sold for $4,375 USD; and an earlier example with the same `leiwen` pattern from the the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2021.294类似明铜投壶请参考纽约佳士得2014年9月18日，拍品编号1040，以及2020年12月9日，拍品编号112，两件皆售价$4,375美金；更早一例宋/元时期有类似纹饰风格投壶请参考纽约大都会博物馆，藏品编号：2021.294Estimate: $1,200—1,500