A CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC HU-SHAPED VASE

A CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC HU-SHAPED VASE
SONG/YUAN DYNASTY

The pear-shaped body rising to a waisted neck and a slightly everted rim, all raised on a splayed foot, the neck flanked by a pair of tubular handles, decorated with bands of leiwen, lappets, taotie and geometric patterns, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 122', 1.2kg, 25cm.

Provenance: purchased from Nicholas Pitcher Oriental Art, 17th May 2019.

Cf. Sotheby's Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Haussman, 7th October 2014 lot 3384 for a related example.

宋/元 銅饕餮紋貫耳瓶

From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.