Cast-iron ox zun vase, China, late Ming period or later Inspired by archaic bronzes, it takes the form of a caparisoned ox whose back features a wide opening surrounded by a leiwen frieze and a saddle cloth with molded decoration of clouds, ruyi head and dragon, falling on either side of the flanks. On the neck is a hard-to-read inscription with a cyclical date 丁酉年 - ding you nian, which could correspond to 1657 or 1717. Traces of oxidation. Height: 27; length: 40 cm Provenance: - Former Evrard de Rouvre collection (1923-1979). By descent. With the collector's handwritten card. - According to owner's notes, acquired from Galerie Moreau-Gobard, Paris .