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A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE ARCHAISTIC WINE                              清十八世紀  灑金銅饕餮紋爵
VESSEL, JUE
                                                                    來源:
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
                                                                    紐約蘇富比,1983 年 2 月 25 日,拍品 140 號
The vessel is cast with a characteristic pair of short posts on     莫士撝
the mouth rim dividing the elongated pouring mouth and an           《水松石山房藏珍玩專場 II》,香港蘇富比,2012 年
exaggerated lip. The exterior of the cylindrical receptacle is      4 月 4 日,拍品 139 號
decorated with taotie-masks against a leiwen-ground and is divided  奉文堂珍藏
by vertical flanges, with a loop-handle to one side emerging
from an animal-head, all raised on three tapered blade legs. The    展覽:
base is inscribed in seal script with characters Boshen zuo baoyi,
‘Boshen made this precious vessel’. It is decorated overall with    香港大學馮平山博物館,《文玩萃珍》,香港,1986
characteristic gilt splashes.                                       年,編號 161
8º in. (21.1 cm.) high

HK$200,000-300,000                        US$26,000-39,000

P ROVENANCE :

Sotheby’s New York, 25 February 1983, lot 140
Hugh M. Moss
Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection,
Scholarly Art II; sold at Sotheby’s
Hong Kong, 4 April 2012, lot 139

The Feng Wen Tang Collection

Ex h ibit e d :

Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Fung Ping
Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong,

Hong Kong, 1986, no. 161

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