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

LOT 3361

A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE, FANGHU
ATTRIBUTED TO SHISOU, QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY

of archaistic fanghu form, the elegant pear-shaped body supported on a splayed foot,
rising to a waisted neck and pronounced mouthrim, cast with a pair of stylised taotie mask
handles at the shoulders, intricately inlaid in silver with a narrow band of stylised
confronting taotie masks, the front and reverse with six-character poetic inscriptions in
seal script, the sides with flowering branches of prunus, the underside inlaid with a two-
character Shisou mark, the patina of a rich reddish-brown
10.6 cm., 4 1/8 in.
ESTIMATE 40,000-60,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 106,250 HKD

CATALOGUE NOTE