AN OVAL BRONZE VESSEL WITH CAST AND INSCRIBED INSCRIPTION China, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi period, dated 1503 L. 23 cm On the outer wall a long Inscription: Confucian ritual vessel of the Funing Community (Funing was in present-day Fujian Province), names of the donors and a dating: cast in the 6th month of the guihai year (1503) of the Hongzhi period. Formerly a collection of the Kienzle brothers, Swabia. Collected in the 1960s and 70s Traces of age, slightly chipped