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A PAIR OF BRONZE ARROW VASES, TOUHU Compare with an almost identical bronze taotie 'arrow' vase, 16/17th
Qing Dynasty century, which was sold at Sotheby's Paris, 9 November 2021, lot 67.
Each with a compressed globular body and a tall cylindrical neck
incised with cicada blade lappets, flanked by a pair of lug handles 壺口方唇，兩側鑄貫耳，其上鏨刻饕餮紋，頸部分兩段中間起弦紋一
on the top cast with taotie masks on each side reserved on key-fret 道，上刻蕉叶紋，下刻山崖紋，肩部內圈鏨刻如意雲紋一周，外圈鏨
grounds, similarly decorated on the main section divided by projecting 刻回紋，扁圓鼓腹，出四粗扉棱，四面皆飾饕餮紋，束腰圈足光素無
flanges, all raised on a waisted flaring stand. 紋。
Each 29.2cm (11 1/2in) high, 3.1kg. (2).
參考一件巴黎蘇富比售出之十六/十七世紀銅饕餮紋投壺，如出一
HKD80,000 - 120,000 轍，2021年11月9日，拍品編號67。
US$10,000 - 15,000
清 銅饕餮紋雙貫耳投壺 一對
Provenance:
Bonhams Knightsbridge, London, 3 December 1997
The Brian Harkins Collection
來源：
倫敦邦瀚斯騎士橋，1997年12月3日
布萊恩·哈金斯珍藏

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