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Openwork bronze vases are rare, compare
however with a related openwork bronze vase,
12th-14th century, in the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London, illustrated by R.Kerr, Later
Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, p.29, pl.16.
Compare also an openwork bronze vase, Yuan
dynasty, excavated from the Sinan wreck, which
left Japan in 1323 and sunk during its voyage
(inv.no.sin 7319), illustrated by Lee Myong
Ok, 'Discoveries from the Sinan Shipwreck' in
Discoveries from the Sinan Shipwreck: Special
Exhibition on the 40th Anniversary of the
Excavation, Seoul, 2016, p.225.
The design of ruyi feet is typical of stands in
the Song and Yuan dynasties. Compare with
a bronze stand, Southern Song dynasty, with
similar feet design, unearthed in Lang Zhong,
Sichuan Province, illustrated by Q.M.Zhang in
the 'Sichuan Langzhongxian Chutu Songdai
Jiaocang'(A Song Dynasty Cache Excavated in
Langzhong County, Sichuan Province), Cultural
Relics, July 1984, p.89, pl.22. Ruyi feet resting
on a stretcher can also be seen on blue and
white porcelain vessels of the Yuan dynasty.
Compare with two similar blue and white 'plum
blossom' vases on stands without openwork
and handles, excavated in Jiangxi, illustrated in
Splendors in Smalt: Art of Yuan Blue and White
Porcelain, Shanghai, 2012, no.73.

壺頸六面鏤空，呈十字網格狀，每個十字交叉處
飾花一朵，壺口兩側鑄貫耳，貫耳飾菱形幾何錦
地，肩部斜平，上飾草葉紋，腹部鏤空，飾花草
紋，束腰鏤空，下承足台，足台鏤空，六角如意
雲頭腳，下承足圈。
鏤空銅器頗少見，英國維多利亞及艾伯特博物館
藏一件十二至十四世紀鏤空草葉紋銅瓶為僅見之
他例，見柯玫瑰著，《Later Chinese Bronzes》
，倫敦，1990年，頁29，圖16。又可參考新安
沉船出土一件元代鏤空銅壺，見Lee Myong Ok
撰，〈Discoveries from the Sinan Shipwreck〉
，載於《Discoveries from the Sinan Shipwreck:
Special Exhibition on the 40th Anniversary of the
Excavation》，首爾，2016年，頁225。
此類雲頭腳常見於宋元器座，四川閬中出土一件
南宋銅器座之雲頭腳可做參考，見張啟明撰，
《四川閬中縣出土宋代窖藏》，載於《文物》
，1984年7月，頁89，圖22。雲頭腳加托泥圈
足之形制常見於元代青花瓷，可比較兩件江西出
土之青花梅紋帶座瓶，除無貫耳及鏤空之外，整
體形貌與本件投壺頗似，見上海博物館編，《
幽藍神采：元代青花瓷器特集》，上海，2012
年，編號73。

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