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37 Baluster-shaped Temple Vase

with two ring handles and with taotie decor

Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-35)
Cast bronze with cast and cold-worked decoration, a brown coating,
a chiseled relief inscription in standard script reading Jing zhi in a recessed
rectangular cartouche on the lip, and a cast relief mark in standard script
reading Da Qing Yongzhengnian zhi in a recessed cartouche inside the foot
54.0 centimeter height
Clague Catalog Collection Number 265