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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 清十八世紀 御製銅夔鳳耳六方大壺連座
A LARGE IMPERIAL BRONZE HEXAGONAL 《宣德年製》仿款
PHOENIX-HANDLED VASE AND STAND
來源：
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
香港佳士得1996年11月4日，編號889
of sturdily cast hexagonal section, the shouldered body sitting
on a splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck flanked by a pair
of stylised kui phoenix handles, the base with an apocryphal
Xuande seal mark, the stand of conforming shape with short
cabriole legs terminating in ruyi feet linked by a continuous
stretcher
overall 61 cm, 48 in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 4th November 1996, lot 889.

HK$ 800,000-1,000,000
US$ 103,000-128,000

This rare vase is impressive for its large yet elegant form, the
sharp edges of which provide an attractive contrast with the
curls of the kui-phoenix handles. Only one vase of this type is
known, but cast in gilt-bronze and with a four-character mark
reading Yutang qingwen (‘For the pure pleasure of the jade
hall’), was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st May 2000, lot 794,
and again, 1st June 2011, lot 3953. Compare also a hexagonal
cloisonné enamel vase flanked with qilin handles, sold at
Christie’s Amsterdam, 28th April 1983, lot 394. As with many
Yongzheng and Qianlong period wares, this vessel is a modern
interpretation of an archaic bronze hu form.

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