Asian Art I - 17th May 2016
Lot 66
A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £3000
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Description
A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER, YOU
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The pear-shaped body raised on a tall flaring foot and cast with flanges, damascened in gold and silver and decorated in relief with taotie masks reserved on a key fret ground, the bail handle formed as twisted rope with animal mask terminals, 35cm. (2)
Cf. S L Moss Ltd., The Second Bronze Age, Later Chinese Metalwork, no.58, for another very similar example dated to the 18th century.