Fine Chinese Works of Art - 13th November 2018
Lot 193
A RARE CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ARCHAISTIC GU BY HU WEN MING LATE MING DYNASTY With a key fret...
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £17000
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Description
A RARE CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ARCHAISTIC GU BY HU WEN MING
LATE MING DYNASTY
With a key fret band to the flared rim and four flanges to the central knop, cast in relief with archaistic designs of beasts and taotie masks on a diaper ground, with lappets to the neck and foot and a six character mark to the base reading yun jian Hu Wen Ming zhi picked out in gilt, 21.2cm, 1.1kg.
Provenance: an English private collection formed in Bath in the 1920s.