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A BRONZE GU-FORM VASE
17th/18th century
Rising on a canted foot, with a splayed lower section issuing four plain
flanges, supporting a compressed globular mid-section, also with
four conforming flanges, with a tiered shoulder defined by three string
bands, all below a dramatically flaring trumpet neck.
7 3/4in (19.5cm) high

US$1,500 - 2,500

十七或十八世紀 銅出戟觚

An archaistic gu-form vase of similar silhouette and proportions, but
with additional inlaid decoration, was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 21
March 2015, sale 9360, lot 766.

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8010
TWO BRONZE VASES
17th/18th century
The first being a bottle vase resting on an integral tripod base, the
body of pear-shape rising to a long, flaring neck and a wide mouth,
the second being a baluster vase of square section, the spreading foot
adorned with a key fret border, the main register with taotie masks in
low relief on a key-fret ground, the shoulder with a border of archaistic
bird forms, the neck cast with pendant blades just below a key-fret
border and a square, projecting lip.
7in (17.8cm) high, the taller

US$1,500 - 2,500

十七或十八世紀 銅壺帶座及銅饕餮紋方壺

8010
8011
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL, GUI
Qing Dynasty
Rising on a high, stepped foot, the foot with a band of stylized animal
figures on a leiwen ground, supporting a compressed globular body
adorned with taotie masks on each side, with two loop handles
crowned by animal masks, the lower portion of each handle issuing a
decorative tab, the vessel with an everted lip, the underside bearing an
apocryphal Xuande mark.
6in (15cm) wide

US$1,200 - 1,800

青銅仿古饕餮紋簋式爐

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