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Lot 621
AN ARCHAISTIC PARCEL - GILT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VESSEL (HU , QING DYNASTY, 18TH
CENTURY
Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 USD
AN ARCHAISTIC PARCEL-GILT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VESSEL (HU)
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 銅局部鎏金錯銀饕餮紋鳳耳出戟壺
the quadrangular pear-shaped body standing on a tall pedestal foot and tapering to a waisted neck and galleried rim, the
shoulders set with two phoenix-form handles, cast with a register of taotie with bands of phoenix above and pendent cicada blades
and kuilong below, the sides with notched flanges, the base with a four-column inscription in archaic script from the Man Gong Fu
xu
Height 18¼ in., 46.5 cm
Provenance
Collection of Leslie Gifford Kilborn (1895-1972).
來源
啟真道（1895-1972）收藏
Catalogue Note
Compare a very similar vase with the same inscription sold in these rooms, 17th-18th March 2015, lot 382. The inscription matches
one from a Western Zhou dynasty xu, its whereabouts unknown, but its likeness and inscription preserved in ink rubbings. See also
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/important-chinese-art?locale=en 181/435
