Beasts of Mountains and Seas · Tiangou on the Ridge

Mountains and seas take form; wondrous creatures enter the guard. Beasts of Mountains and Seas · Tiangou on the Ridge uses an upright oval outline and black-brown colored brass. Warm-brass lines and small silver-white and muted red details continue the collection’s shared material direction. The white-headed Tiangou pauses on a ridge along the upper rim, its wildcat-shaped body facing left and its head turned slightly outward. Short stone patterns at lower right echo the ridge and leave the center open. Shallow relief surrounds a single central aperture, with the whole composition enclosed by a plain thin rim. The reverse retains one short ridge at upper left and one small stone pattern at lower right. Black wrapping, ivory diamond windows and plain warm-brass fittings echo one another.