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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE, HU ᒞᕴ ׁ᪺ Ვ㕺㘍㩲㩐♄૑
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY
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The vase is cast to the body with two raised concentric bands and
4QJOL BOE 4POT -UE 卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ ᝲ
flanked on the sloping shoulder by a pair of crisply cast taotie-mask
handles supporting loose rings, all raised on a slightly splayed foot ൣ⿫
and embellished overall with gold dapples of varying sizes. The 㲞ᳰែᙹ㪃≢ໝᝯࣿ㲮ჹྒྷࢷ⁒㱦卿㲞ᳰഌໝ卿Ƕᙔ⅊ⵧ
base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark.
ⅧǷ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ ᝲ ᚚ
6 º in. (16 cm.) high, bronze stand, box
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000 ⮐㙽
) .PTT ࣿ ( 5TBOH卿Ƕᙔ⅊ⵧⅧǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿㮰 卿எ
PROVENANCE ‸ ⽚
Spink and Sons Ltd., London, April 1982
EXHIBITED
The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Fung Ping
Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Arts from the Scholar’s
Studio, 24 October - 13 December 1986
LITERATURE
H. Moss and G. Tsang, Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Hong Kong,
2011, p. 184-185, no. 160

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