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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT
Lot 627
A RARE BRONZE HANDLED VASE, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD
A RARE BRONZE HANDLED VASE
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
十七 / 十八世紀 銅鋪首耳壺
of archaistic form, well cast with the oval body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and a galleried rim, set at the shoulder
with a pair of beast-mask handles, the base cast with an inscription extracted from the famous dedication found on the Duke Xuan
of Zhu’s bell, the patina of an attractive warm chocolate-brown color
款字:
亞 台樂其身 台宴大夫 台喜者士 至于萬□
Height 14⅛ in., 35.9 cm
Provenance
Collection of John Robert Lehman (1933-1994).
American Private Collection, received as a gift from the above, and thence by descent.
來源
John Robert Lehman (1933-1994) 收藏
美國私人收藏,獲贈於上述處,此後家族傳承
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