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A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE HU-FORM VASE
18th/19th century Provenance
Cast with raised horizontal bands accenting the mouth, waisted Bonhams, San Francisco, 24 June 2014, lot 8198
neck and compressed ovoid body, supported on a flared foot ring,
the shoulder with animal masks suspending loose rings, the golden For a gold-splashed bronze vase of similar dimensions (12in/30.5cm
brown patina enlivened by patches of gilt that also appear on the foot high) and shape but cast with the four-character mark dan er bu yan,
surrounding a rectangular recess bearing the six-character Xuande see Sotheby’s, New York, Sale 8834, lot 79, as 17th century.
mark in raised regular script.
12in (30.5cm) high
7lbs (3.2kg)
$15,000 - 20,000
十八/十九世紀 銅灑金鋪首活環耳壺
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