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PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT AND MEE-DIN MOORE PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT AND MEE-DIN MOORE
COLLECTION COLLECTION
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A WELL-CAST ARCHAISTIC BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASE A LARGE ARCHAISTIC PATINATED BRONZE VASE
Xuande mark, 15th-17th century Ming dynasty
With naturalistic elephant-head handles to the tall neck which is With tall flaring trumpet neck and barrel-shaped central section above
delicately cast with a stylized animal-heads on each side, two a spreading foot, all under an attractive dark patina, the neck cast with
centered with wang characters, all set between a band of diamond four evenly-spaced blade pendants with stylized leiwen ground, above
chevron at the rim and stylized archaistic patterning on a leiwen a barrel-shaped body with a highly-stylized archaistic coiling-dragon
ground at the shoulder above descending blade pendants on further design divided by high-relief taotie-mask handles, the short spreading
leiwen to the pear-shaped lower body, a spreading oval foot with with a taotie register.
t-fret-pattern decoration. 11 7/8in (30.1cm) high
9 ½in (24.2cm) high, box
$1,500 - 2,500
$2,000 - 4,000
明 獸耳銅瓶
十五至十七世紀 象耳銅瓶
For an arrow vase with similarly-treated barrel-shaped body dated to
For another elephant-headed bronze vase dated to the Yuan dynasty the 16th century, see Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes
(1279-1368), see Sotheby’s, 21 March 2015, lot 706; and another From the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3331.
sold at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes From the
Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3329.

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