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A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE, HU
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The vase is flanked on the sloping shoulder by a pair of crisply cast taotie-mask handles
supporting loose rings, all raised on a slightly splayed foot and embellished overall with gold
splashes of varying sizes. The base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark.
6Ω in. (16.6 cm.) high, box
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000
明末/清初 灑金銅饕餮紋銜環耳壺
款識:大明宣德年製
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