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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
2930
A BRONZE BEAST-HANDLED
ALTAR VASE
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
The vase is decorated to the neck with two
tapering c-shaped handles surmounted by a
single-horned beast head. The rim and foot
are decorated with bands of stylised scrolling
dragons with spade-formed tails, and the the
neck is decorated with archaistic beasts on a
leiwen ground. The body is finely decorated
with a band of interlocking stylised dragons
with leiwen-patterned bodies on a recessed
ground.
11 cm. (28 cm.) high, inscribed Japanese
wood box
HK$80,000-120,000
US$11,000-15,000
The intricate interlocking pattern of stylised
dragons to the body can be seen on a
Song-Yuan dynasty bronze arrow vase
from the Ulrich Hausmann collection
sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
8 October 2014, lot 3384. The
form of the beast-head handles
resembles very closely to lot
3302 from the same sale, which
is of corresponding date to the
present lot.

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