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THE PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK
COLLECTOR
862
A LARGE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE
‘PHOENIX-TAIL’ VASE
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The body is fnely cast in high relief with three
lion masks alternating with mythical beasts
above a row of bosses on the lower body and
below a petal-lappet band on the shoulder,
and the trumpet neck, with widely fared rim, is
fanked by dragon handles above two bow-string
bands. The vase is liberally splashed in gilding
in contrast to the ‘antique’ patina, and there is
an apocryphal Xuande four-character mark cast
within a rectangle on the base.
22Ω in. (55.8 cm.) high

$30,000-50,000
清十七/十八世紀 灑金銅雙龍耳鳳尾尊

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