Page 171 - China's Renaissance in Bronze, The Robert H.CIague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900

3 4 Large Ovoid Vase with gold splashes

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Cast bronze with applied gold splashes, with brown coating, and a chiseled
relief mark in standard-script (kaishu) characters reading Da Qing
Kangxinian zhi in a recessed rectangular cartouche on the inset bronze base
29.2 centimeter height
Provenance: Dr Sidney Smith, Cambridge, England
Clague Collection Number 251

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