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Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich
Hausmann
Hong Kong | 08 Oct 2014, 11:45 AM | HK0558
LOT 3325
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE
MING DYNASTY
cast with a compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot to cylindrical neck and
flared mouth, the neck cast with a pair of taotie mask handles suspending a loose ring and
cast in low relief with archaistic cicada lappets and a thick band enclosing two shou
characters against a leiwen ground, the lower body bordered with a band enclosing a pair
of stylised long-tailed birds interrupted by four vertical raised fillets, the countersunk base
cast with a two-character Xuande mark
16.2 cm., 6 3/8 in.
ESTIMATE 40,000-60,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 52,500 HKD
CATALOGUE NOTE
