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Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich
Hausmann
Hong Kong | 08 Oct 2014, 11:45 AM | HK0558

LOT 3308

A LARGE BRONZE ARROW-HANDLED VASE
SOUTHERN SONG / YUAN DYNASTY

robustly cast with a pear-shaped body rising to a waisted neck and slightly everted rim, the
neck flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles cast in low relief with taotie masks, the neck
with a broad band divided into two registers by two raised fillets, the upper register with a
leiwen band, the lower with two further taotie masks, the patina of an attractive chocolate-
brown colour
33.1 cm., 13 in.
ESTIMATE 80,000-100,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 937,500 HKD

CATALOGUE NOTE

This is in Hausmann’s opinion not only the largest but most finely cast example of an early bronze arrow-handled vase
he has ever seen. For a smaller example with closely related cast decoration, but over the whole surface of the