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1235 A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TWO-HANDLED MOON FLASK
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

With ribbed loop handles on either side of the shoulder and cast with raised decoration on the edges,
the well-patinated surface applied all over with gold splashes, the base cast with an apocryphal twelve-
character Xuande mark
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE
The Irving Collection, no. 803, by 1980.
清十八世紀 銅灑金雙繫小扁壺

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