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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO
                                                                              SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
                                                                              901
                                                                              A RARE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE FACETTED
                                                                              VASE, FANGHU
                                                                              YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
                                                                              The square vase is decorated on each facet with
                                                                              various decorative bands, including bands of
                                                                              upward lappets, leiwen, geometric scroll, diamonds
                                                                              enclosing flowerheads and wan emblems, and
                                                                              confronted birds on the splayed foot. The waisted
                                                                              neck is flanked by two lion-mask andles.
                                                                              9¬ in. (24.4 cm.) high

                                                                              $8,000-12,000
                                                                              PROVENANCE:
                                                                              George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923),
                                                                              Springfield, Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910.
                                                                              斯普菲博物館珍藏,拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
                                                                              元   銅仿古幾何紋方壺
                                                                              來源:
                                                                              史喬沃先生(1832-1923),斯普林菲爾德,麻薩諸塞
                                                                              州,入藏於1910年以前。
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