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2113 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN ANOTHER PROPERTY
A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BOTTLE VASE COLLECTION 2115
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644) A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LION WITH
2114 CUBS
The vase is cast around the angular TWO BRONZE TRIPOD VESSELS, XING MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
midsection with geometric designs below QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER CAST SEAL MARKS
bands of archaistic animals at the base of the AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The lion is shown seated with the head
tall neck. The vessel is raised on a pedestal turned back to look at the cubs that crawl on
foot cast with a band of simplifed dragons. Each is raised on three leaf-form supports, its back.
7¿ in. (18.1 cm.) high, Japanese double 3 in. (7.6 cm.) wide
wood box and the sides are cast with a broad band of
$8,000-12,000
$4,000-6,000 cell diaper below narrow bands of key fret
Compare a very similar weight sold at Christie’s
PROVENANCE: and stylized foliate scroll interrupted by a London, 18 June 2002, lot 103.
Suigen Soumin (d. 1664) Collection. pair of dragon handles. 明 銅鎏金太獅少獅紙鎮
The inner box for this vase is inscribed with 6¬ and 6æ in. (16. 8 and 17.2 cm.) high, 8æ
‘Sunsho-an’, a pavilion in Daitokuji temple,
Kyoto, and a certifcate which states that the in. (22.2 cm.) wide across handles (2)
box was inscribed by the 195th abbot of the
Daitokuji temple, Suigen Soumin (d. 1664). $5,000-7,000
元/明 銅灑金瑞獸紋長頸瓶 These two bronze vessels are similar in shape
and design to porcelain examples, such as
the white-glazed vessel with cover, also with
Qianlong mark, illustrated in Vivencias do
Imperador, Museum of Art, Macao, 2002,
no. ll:6, where it is described as a ritual food
container for the use of the emperor. Similar
porcelain vessels continued to be made during
the Qing dynasty and include a Guangxu-
marked, yellow-glazed porcelain example
included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain
of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, pl. 143,
and subsequently sold at Christie’s Singapore, 30
March 1997, lot 337. It is unusual to fnd vessels
of this type in bronze rather than porcelain.
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