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A RARE AND LARGE ARCHAISTIC
BRONZE VASE, HU
Ming Dynasty
Of compressed form, with flaring neck and
foot, the sides set with two stylised-dragon-
head loop handles, the body finely cast
with a broad band of taotie masks above
descending formal leaf lappets with archaistic
motifs on leiwen grounds, the neck and foot
with panels of confronted phoenix.
48cm (18 7/8in) high.

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 72,000

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

明 銅仿古饕餮紋大壺

Compare with a related bronze vase, but with
tubular handles, and archaistic motifs, 12th-
14th century, illustrated in The Second Bronze
Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London,
1991, no.72. See also an earlier bronze vase
of similar shape, Song dynasty, illustrated by
M.Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes,
A.D. 1100-1900, London, 1989, no.41.

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527
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BALUSTER
VASE, HU
Ming Dynasty
The body flanked by a pair of taotie-mask
loose-ring handles, cast with two horizontal
bands of cusped undulating tri-linear designs,
the gently-flaring neck with formal leaf lappets
reserved with further archaistic designs and
supporting four smaller taotie-mask loose-ring
handles, the foot with confronted phoenix
panels.
43cm (17in) high.

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000

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

明 銅波曲紋活環耳大壺

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