15th/16th century Of elongated crescent form, the vessel cast as a dragon-fish form, its head and tail raised as two ends supported on a pair of claw-shaped and a pair of fin-shaped feet, raising to an oval-sectioned beaded rim, each side with a register below the rim showing a mythical beast and a dragon flying amidst meandering scrolls, the surface with a dark-brown patina. 42cm (16 1/2in) long.Footnotes十五/十六世紀 銅摩羯形藥床 See a related celadon jade medicine mortar and zitan cover, Qianlong period, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 October 2017, lot 3750. 參看香港蘇富比曾售出一件清乾隆青玉藥船配紫檀木「丙」字款蓋，2017年10月3日，拍品3750。