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8002 A LARGE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE, HU
4 | BONHAMS Ming dynasty
The vase is well cast and of baluster form, and follows the styles of
the Warring States and Han periods. Rising on a high, spreading foot,
the body is encircled by a separately-cast, high-relief, interlocking rope
web, with taotie masks at the shoulder suspending ring handles, the
wide and high neck decorated with pendant blade panels, with wide
bands at the foot and mouth decorated with stylized animals on a key
fret ground, the interior with an extensive cast inscription in low relief in
seal script.
15 1/2in (39cm) high

US$1,500 - 2,500

明 銅繩紋鋪首活環耳壺

Most hu-form archaistic vases with rings handles and rope-web
decoration that have come to the market in recent years are much
smaller than the current example, which also displays unusually
realistic embellishment of particularly high relief. A similar vase, of
square section, was sold at Bonhams San Francisco, 10 December
2015, sale 22510, as half of lot 8095. Another related hu-form jar was
sold at Bonhams London, 25 December 2015, sale 22655, lot 362.
A further vase, which also displays very close decorative bands and
pendant blade panels, was sold at Sotheby’s London, 10 November
2010, sale L10211, lot 20.

8001
A SILVER INLAID BRONZE FERRULE, ZUN
Late Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 3rd century BCE
Cast with a flat end and an almond shaped opening, with a raised
band at its mid-section, the body inlaid with silver in abstract bird
forms.
4 7/8in (12.5cm) high

US$10,000 - 15,000

公元前三世紀 東周晚期 銅錯銀鐏

Two types of ferrule were common in the Warring States, one
terminating in a hoof-shape--dun, the other with a flat bottom--zun, as
with our present example. Designed to cap a halberd or spear, ferrules
were lavishly inlaid with silver, turquoise or gold, a luxurious testament
to the owner’s prestige and elite status in society.

8002
A BRONZE CENSER
Yongshi zhibao mark, 17th/18th century
Of squat, bombe form supported by three short waisted legs, with a
broad, everted lip and stepped edges to the waisted neck, the base
impressed with a four character mark in a square cartouche reading
“Yongshi Zhibao” (precious treasure for generations).
5 1/2in (14cm) diameter; 52oz (1480g)

US$5,000 - 7,000

十七或十八世紀 銅香爐 《永世之寶》印款