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455
TWO ARCHAIC BRONZE GARLIC-HEAD
VASES, HU
Han Dynasty
The larger with a compressed globular body
encircled by a plain rib in relief, the tall tapering
neck cast with a lobed ‘garlic-bulb’ mouth
above a plain relief band, all on a spreading
foot, with a dark brownish-green patina and
areas of shallow encrustation, 34cm (13 1/2in)
high; the smaller of similar shape but with the
surface entirely plain, the surface with a bright
mottled patina, 30cm (11 1/2in) high. (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

漢 銅蒜頭瓶 一組兩件

See a similar example, excavated in 1988
from a Qin tomb at Gaozhuang, Fengxiang,
and now in the collection of the Shaanxi
Provincial Archaeological Institute Xi’an,
illustrated by J.Portal, The First Emperor:
China’s Terracotta Army, London, 2007,
fig.50. See another example illustrated by
Takayasu Higuchi and Minao Hayashi, Ancient
Chinese Bronzes in The Sakamoto Collection,
Tokyo, 2002, nos.241–243.

455 456
TWO GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY TRIPOD
INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERS, LIAN
Western Han Dynasty
Each raised on three kneeling bear supports
and moulded around the sides with archers
on horseback, Immortals and animals, with
mask and ring handles, each cover moulded
in high relief with concentric mountains
interspersed with further animals, the green
glaze extensively degraded to a silvery
iridescence.
The larger 21cm (8 3/8in) high. (4).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,100 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

西漢 綠釉博山蓋陶奩 一組兩件

See related examples illustrated in Treasures
from a Swallow Garden: Inaugural Exhibit
of the Arthur M.Sackler Museum of Art and
Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing,
456 1992, no.116; J.Rawson, Ancient China: Art
and Archaeology, London, 1980, fig.173; and
also N.Palmgren, Selected Chinese Antiquities
from the collection of Gustaf Adolf Crown
Prince of Sweden, Stockholm, 1948, pl.64.3.

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