Fine Asian Art - 20th May 2025

Lot 97

A CHINESE SILVER-INLAID ‘SHI SOU’-STYLE BRONZE HU-SHAPED VASE

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000

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Description

A CHINESE SILVER-INLAID ‘SHI SOU’-STYLE BRONZE HU-SHAPED VASE
17TH/18TH CENTURY

Inlaid in silver wire with lappets and interlocking rings below a double line border to the rim, the base with a two-character 'Shi Sou' mark and with a paper label for the Prof and Mrs P H Plesch Collections 'Bv 12B', 705g, 12cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Professor Peter Hariolf Plesch (1918 - 2013) and Gerta Regina ‘Traudi’ Plesch OBE (1921 - 2013), acquired from Douglas Wright in January 1978.

Silver-inlaid bronzes attributed to Shi Sou are known for their exceptional quality, yet there is no recorded information confirming the identity of this maker. Believed to have been a monk active in the late Ming period (c.1620-44), it is also possible that the mark for Shi Sou could relate to a bronze studio or school.

十七/十八世紀 石叟款銅錯銀仿古紋壺
來源：彼得·哈里奧夫·普萊施教授（1918年2月14日－2013年3月5日）與格塔·雷吉娜·「特勞迪」·普萊施（1921年12月4日－2013年8月10日）的收藏，附收藏編號Bv 12B，於1978年1月從道格拉斯·賴特（Douglas Wright）處購得。