A RARE BRONZE ZUN-SHAPED VASE

A RARE BRONZE ZUN-SHAPED VASE
EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Rising from a splayed foot, the body decorated in relief with the figures of Xu and Chao Fu and an ox, reserved against a ground of diaper and crashing waves embellished with a crane and pine trees in low relief, all below a foliate rim, the base with a scratched mark, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 65', 1kg, 17.5cm.

Cf. Robert D Mowry, China's Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, p.56 no.10 for a related example. See also the Dresden Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) inventory no. 17365 for another similar vase.

十七世紀早期 銅人物紋瓶

From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.