The Finer Collection of Bronzes and Hand Warmers - 11th November 2025
Lot 4
A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL AND COVER, HU
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £762
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Description
A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL AND COVER, HU
YUAN/MING DYNASTY
Cast in two parts, the pear-shaped body with two dragon-mask handles, decorated with taotie, with bands of lotus lappets to the rims and four lines of seal script to the interior, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 118', 7kg, 38cm. (2)
Provenance: previously from a Hong Kong private collection, then purchased from Nicholas Pitcher, London, 22nd August 2008.
Cf. Pengliang Lu, Recasting the Past, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no.46 for a related vessel.
元/明 銅饕餮紋雙耳瓶
From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.