A CHINESE BRONZE YEN YEN VASE MING DYNASTY The bulbous body with a band of lappets to the shoulder

A CHINESE BRONZE YEN YEN VASE MING DYNASTY The bulbous body with a band of lappets to the shoulder, a slender neck and two handles cast with stylised cloud patterns and a shallow band of double archaistic dragons above the double rings, the broad flared rim and waisted foot with a band of round studs, 28.2cm, 1.5kg. Cf. Sydney L Moss Ltd, The Second Bronze Age, Later Chinese Metalwork, no.65 for a similar larger example.