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Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich
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Hong Kong | 08 Oct 2014, 11:45 AM | HK0558
LOT 3332
A RARE BRONZE 'DRAGON' BRUSHWASHER
YUAN DYNASTY
finely cast utilising the lost wax process with a compressed globular body resting on three
short ruyi feet with a globular centre, the exterior cast with a pair of stylised chilong
clambering sinuously with their paws resting on the mouthrim, one with its head arched
upwards, the other peering into the vessel, the exterior patinated to a warm variegated
brown colour
14.5 cm., 5 3/4 in.
ESTIMATE 60,000-80,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 275,000 HKD
PROVENANCE
Jan van Beers Oriental Art, London, 1990.
CATALOGUE NOTE
The brushwasher is extremely rare in that the whole piece is cast in one piece using the lost wax process, with one
dragon depicted peering into the vessel whilst the other is shown putting its head back to swallow some water.
Shallow brushwashers, also of super-elliptical shape, some bearing Xuande marks, are well-known. In these
