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

LOT 3329

A BRONZE ELEPHANT-HANDLED VASE
YUAN DYNASTY

cast with a pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared
mouthrim, the neck cast with a pair of handles shaped in the form of an elephant’s head
and decorated with a band of archaistic designs and a thick band enclosing four pairs of
stylised taotie masks against a leiwen ground, a taotie band bordering the foot, the patina
of a variegated reddish-brown tone
26.6 cm., 10 1/2 in.
ESTIMATE 40,000-60,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 300,000 HKD