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A LARGE WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC 清十九世紀 白玉獸面紋雙活環耳出戟蓋壺
BRONZE-FORM VASE AND COVER, FANGHU 《乾隆年製》仿款
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
superbly worked after ancient bronze fanghu vessels, the
flattened vase of rectangular section modelled rising from a
splayed foot to a broad rounded shoulder and surmounted by
a straight neck, each broad side of the body adorned in low
relief with a taotie mask against a leiwen ground above pendent
stylised plantain leaves, all beneath two pairs of confronting
birds at the neck and shoulder, flanked by a pair of horned
animal handles suspending loose rings, the corner edges of
the vessel and central axis of the neck further decorated with
notched flanges, the base incised with an apocryphal four-
character Qianlong reign mark, the well-fitted cover rendered
after Zhou dynasty bronze fangyi and similarly decorated with
taotie masks and flanges, wood stand
30.5 cm, 12 in.
HK$ 2,500,000-4,000,000
US$ 319,000-510,000
118 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
