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A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE 清乾隆 局部灑金銅饕餮紋雙耳瓶

QIANLONG CAST SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND 方框「大清乾隆年製」楷書鑄款
OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is cast with a central band decorated with stylised taotie 來源:
masks against a leiwen ground, between a frieze of raised bosses at Gerard Hawthorn，倫敦
the shoulder and plantain blades above the foot. The neck is adorned
with upright plantain leaves and flanked to both sides by two 頸部及靠近足部之蕉葉紋飾與商周青銅禮器相互呼應。比較一尺寸較大
archaistic dragon handles, all raised on a slightly splayed foot and 之銅灑金貫耳瓶 (高17公分)，頸部及足飾有形制近乎一致之蕉葉紋，載於
embellished overall with gold dapples of varying sizes. 《Chinese Art: The Minor Arts》，倫敦，1963年，編號67，頁149。
5¡ in. (14.8 cm.) high, box
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
Gerard Hawthorn, London
The decorative plantain blades on the neck and near the foot, echo
features of ritual vessels of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Compare to
a gilt-splashed bronze vase with lug handles of larger size (17 cm.), with
almost identical plantain leaves applied on both the neck and foot, which
is illustrated in Chinese Art: The Minor Arts, London, 1963, p. 149, no. 67. (mark)

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