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162 A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC
‘CHILONG’ VASE
17TH-18TH CENTURY

The ovoid body is supported on a tiered
splayed foot decorated with wave pattern,
and the tall neck decorated with angular
scrolls and geometric motifs is applied
with a sinuous chilong with bifurcated tail
clambering towards the faring mouth.
22¿ in. (56.5 cm.) high

$7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE

Christie’s South Kensington, 15 May 2013,
lot 623.
Roger Keverne Ltd., London.

EXHIBITED

Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of
Art and Ceramics, London, 2013, no. 14.

清十七/十八世紀 銅仿古螭龍瓶

PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION

1438

A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC
HU-SHAPED VASE
17TH-18TH CENTURY

The vase is cast with a pear-shaped
body rising from a tall molded foot to
a slight fared neck fanked by a pair of
handles issuing from bovine heads, and is
decorated with three bands of wave patterns
incorporating stylized taotie masks, all
reserved on a leiwen ground below a narrow
band of leiwen pattern.
19º in. (50 cm.) high

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE

Roger Keverne Ltd., London.

EXHIBITED

Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works
of Art and Ceramics, London, Winter 2010,
no. 18.

明末/清十八世紀 銅仿古波曲紋壺