Asian Art II - 22nd May 2019
Lot 690
A CHINESE BAMBOO ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD VESSEL QING DYNASTY The tapered body supported on three...
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £3800
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Description
A CHINESE BAMBOO ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD VESSEL
QING DYNASTY
The tapered body supported on three lappet-shaped legs, all carved with taotie masks in shallow relief, with an animal head-shaped handle, the base with a four character Qianlong mark, together with a wood stand, 8.8cm. (2)
Provenance: a Hong Kong private collection, previously in an American private collection, Pittsburgh, later the Alice Boney Collection, purchased form Freeman's Philadelphia, 16th September 2008, lot 151.