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A CHINESE BRONZE GU-SHAPED VASE
MING DYNASTY
Cast with six petal-shaped facets, with a raised band to the tall slender body,
all supported on a spread foot and flaring at the mouthrim, the base incised
with a two character Xuande mark, 20.2cm, 743g.
£2,000-3,000
Provenance: by repute, purchased by Adrian Joseph of Allen Management
in Hong Kong c.1983; and then a British private collection, purchased from
Adrian Joseph in 1990.
Cf. M Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing,
p.139, no.90 for a related Ming vase in the Cernuschi Museum.

明 銅花口花觚
《宣德》款
來源：1983年左右購於香港Adrian Joseph of Allen
Management，
英國私人收藏，1990年購於Adrian Joseph。

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