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PROPERTY FROM A MARYLAND PRIVATE
COLLECTION
AN ARCHAISTIC GOLD AND SILVER-
INLAID BRONZE VASE
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
of zun-form, the splayed pedestal foot rising
to a broad central bulge surmounted by a
wide flared mouth, cast with three flanges
dividing taotie masks, a border of kuilong
below and upright cicada leaves above, the
raised decoration with gold and silver inlay on a
ground of leiwen
Height 8¼ in., 21 cm
$ 5,000-7,000

十七 / 十八世紀 銅錯金銀仿古
饕餮紋尊

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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE JUE AND
803
COVER
QING DYNASTY
the U-shaped body supported on three curved
blade feet and broadening to a long, cupped
mouth, cast around the sides with taotie masks
against a leiwen ground, with a bovine-mask
loop handle on one side below the projecting
curved spout, the cover cast with a bovine
taotie mask with hooked horns between an arch
handle, just below a snake-zoomorph leading
over the curving form, the interior of both cover
and vessel cast with long inscriptions (2)
Height 7½ in., 19 cm

PROVENANCE
Yamanaka & Co., New York.
Collection of Mrs. Christian Holmes (1871-1941).
Parke-Bernet, New York, 15th November 1963,
lot 254.
Sotheby’s New York, 19th March 2007, lot 78.
$ 6,000-8,000

清 銅仿古饕餮紋爵連蓋

來源
山中商會，紐約
Christian Holmes 夫人 (1871-1941) 收藏
Parke-Bernet，紐約，1963年11月15日，
編號254
紐約蘇富比2007年3月19日，編號78
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