GUANGXU, DATED 1876Of domed form, cast in low relief with lines of calligraphy, dated bing zi year, probably made for the temple Zhong ji guan, the base encircled with the Eight Trigrams, surmounted by a mythical beast loop handle, 20kg, 47.5cm.Provenance: from the collection of Ralph Pike, a British customs officer in China, who returned to South West England in 1934, and thence by descent.