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A LARGE ‘TWINS OF HAPPINESS AND HARMONY’ BRONZE
VASE
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated to the neck with a three-legged toad in relief tempted
by two strings of coins held by two fgures of Liu Hai which form the handles
at the neck. The body of the vase is cast in high relief with a quatrefoil panel
depicting two smiling scholars playing weiqi with an attendant serving tea all
below trees and a bird in fight. The reverse is decorated with a panel enclosing
the Laughing Twins, Hehe Erxian. The base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande
mark.
22¿ in. (56.1 cm.) high
£10,000-15,000 $14,000-20,000
€12,000-17,000
明末十七世紀 銅開光人物圖劉海戲金蟾大瓶
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