Socket taking the form of a Vajra. Height: 18 cm. We join a vase with handles, taking the form of heads of Chimeras and with a frieze leiwens (height: 19 cm). Patinated bronze. China. Qing period. Provenance : Acquired in China by Mr Edouard Closson, a Belgian engineer, between 1898 and 1900, then transmitted by descent.