Page 19 - Chinese Art Auction April 25, 2020 2020 Galerie Zacke

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A gARlIc-heAd bRONZe bOTTle VAse,
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China, 206 BC-220 AD. The compressed globular body surmounted
by a waisted neck with a raised band at the center and a garlic-head
top, all supported on a short foot. The recessed base with an engraved
inscription, deeply encrusted and therefore only partially visible.

Provenance: German private collection.
condition: Original condition, very impressive considering the age of
this vase! Extensive wear, small losses, areas of erosion and weathering,
and a fine malachite green patina with some encrustations.

Weight: 3,250 g
Dimensions: Height 40.5 cm
Literature comparison: Compare two bronze vessels of related form,
illustrated by J. So in Eastern Zhou ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M.
Sackler Collections, New York and Washington D.C, 1995, pp. 288-89, nos.
52 and 52.2. Another example is in the National Palace Museum Taiwan,
illustrated in Shang and Chou Dynasty Bronze Wine Vessels, Taipei, 1978,
pp. 212-213, and p. 267.
AucTION ResulT
cOMPARIsON
Compare with a closely related, slightly
smaller vase sold by Bonham’s San
Francisco in Fine Chinese Works of Art
on 16 December 2014, lot 8016, for
USD $5,625.

青銅蒜頭瓶，漢代
中國，公元前206 -公元220。蒜頭圓口、長頸、鼓腹、圈足。頸中央略下有一弦紋。
外底有突起。凹入的底座上刻有文字。
來源：德國私人收藏
品相：考慮到這個花瓶的年齡，其原始狀況令人印象非常深刻！ 廣泛磨損，小缺
失，侵蝕和風化的區域，以及孔雀石綠色銅綠，並帶有一些結殼。
重量：3,250 克
尺寸：高40.5 厘米
拍賣結果比較：一件相似但小些的蒜頭瓶2014年12月16日于舊金山邦翰思《中國藝
術品》拍號8016，成交價USD $5,625。
estimate euR 800,-
Starting price EUr 400,-

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AN ARchAIsTIc bRONZe bAlusTeR VAse,
17Th ceNTuRy
China, late Ming to early Qing dynasty. Heavily cast, the shoulder
incised with a band of flowers in octagonal reserves surrounded by
geometric patterns, the body with a circumferential relief of stylized
lotus, the foot with a cicada blade border and lotus in relief.
Provenance: From the collection of
Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by
descent in the same family. Weifert was
a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the
first governor of the Federal Bank of the
Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
condition: Good condition with minor
wear, firing flaws, surface scratches, as
well as several small notches along the
mouth and foot rim. Georg Weifert (1850-1937)

Weight: 2,938 g
Dimensions: Height 22.5 cm

仿古銅瓶，十七世紀
中國，明末清初。瓶躰沉重，分爲八層，每一層浮雕花紋不同，纏枝蓮紋、獸面紋
以及蟬紋等。
來源：Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏，同一家族保存至今 。Weifert曾爲塞爾維
亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。
品相：狀況良好，輕微磨損，燒製瑕疵，表面劃痕，沿口和腳邊緣有幾個小缺口。
重量：2,938 克
尺寸：重量22.5 厘米
estimate euR 600,-
Starting price EUr 300,-

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