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7 Pear- shaped Vase

with two ring handles and with rolling wave and taotie decor

Ming dynasty, probably fifteenth century
Cast bronze with cast decoration
33.0 centimeter height
Provenance: Dr Sidney Smith, Cambridge, England
Clague Collection Number 243