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8220 8221
A CAST BRONZE ARROW VASE, TOUHU A TALL BRONZE BALUSTER VASE WITH OPPOSING DRAGON
16th/17th century HANDLES
Elaborately cast in hexagonal section with conforming hollow tube 17th/18th century
handles at the neck supporting kui dragons on a leiwen-patterned Heavy in weight and cast as a chrysanthemum blossom in cross
ground that repeats on most surfaces, the faceted walls of the body section, a pair of dragon handles raised along lobed shoulder and
displaying lions and fabulous beasts separated by vertical flanges curving walls, one side inscribed in worn red pigment to bear a later
projecting at each corner, the patina of dark brown hue. dedicatory inscription including the cyclical date kuiyou equivalent to
19 3/4in (50cm) high 1873.
20 3/4in (52.7cm) high
US$6,000 - 8,000
US$6,000 - 10,000
For similar arrow vases in the Cernuschi Museum, Paris, see Michel
Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing, 2013: one
of hexagonal section with similar kui dragon decoration, no. 102, p.
150 (as 16th century); the other of square section, no. 103, p. 151 (as
16th/17th century).

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