A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE GARLIC-MOUTH VASE

A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE GARLIC-MOUTH VASE
LATE MING DYNASTY

The compressed globular body rising from tall straight foot to a long neck terminating with a lobed 'garlic-head' mouth, the exterior of the body decorated with gilt whorls, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 37', 2.1kg, 32.5cm.

Cf. Bonhams London, Michael Goedhuis: Brush and Bronze, 17th May 2023, lot 365 for a related pair of vases.

明晚期 銅灑金蒜頭瓶

From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.