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

LOT 3331

A LARGE BRONZE ARROW-HANDLED VASE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

massively cast with a compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot and
surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck, the body cast in relief with archaistic motifs and a
pair of taotie mask handles suspending a loose ring, interrupted by four raised ridges, the
splayed foot similarly decorated with archaistic designs, all below a dragon writhing
sinuously around the neck below a pair of tubular lug handles flanking the upper neck, the
bronze patinated to a warm coppery-brown colour
62 cm., 24 3/8 in.
ESTIMATE 50,000-70,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 175,000 HKD

CATALOGUE NOTE