Page 159 - China's Renaissance in Bronze, The Robert H.CIague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900

31 Tall Baluster Vase

with bamboo-stalk rims, with three looped bamboo-stalk legs, with two
bamboo-stalk handles, and three lion-head handles with suspended rings

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Cast bronze with applied elements, with induced surface color, and with
a cast relief mark in standard-script (kaishu) characters reading Da Ming
Xuandenian zhi in a recessed rectangular cartouche on the base
46.0 centimeter height
Clague Collection Number 211