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7107 Property from a California collector
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A cast bronze vessel
17th century
of archaic bronze hu form, raised on a high flared oval foot the low
set body tapering inward to a wide band cast in high relief at the front
and back with a classic taotie mask against a leiwen ground between
animal mask handles below the flared mouth.
9 1/2in (24.2cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
7106
A cast bronze arrow vase
Yuan/early Ming dynasty
Thinly cast, the lower belly worked with elegant cresting waves
under three bands of alternating lozenge and spiral patterns on the
shoulders and neck, all set off by paired tubular handles.
8in (20.3cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
