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TWO SMALL BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VESSELS
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
One is a heavily cast jar, the bulbous body cast in relief with a
band of interlaced dragons, their eyes inlaid in gold, below a
narrow band of lozenges on the shoulder. The other is in the form
of a miniature tripod steamer, lian, the tri-lobed lower body cast
with three taotie masks and the upper body fat-cast with cicada
blades pendent from a band of key fret below two bail handles
that rise from the rim.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) diam.; 3æ in. (9.5 cm.) high

(2)
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

Jar: E. R. Butler Collection (according to label).
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.

明 仿古銅器兩件

82 THE HARRIS COLLECTION:
IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE ART