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A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A BRONZE CENSER
VASE (FANG HU) JEANNETTE CURUBY 17TH CENTURY
QING DYNASTY
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL of compressed bombé form, raised on a short,
of rectangular section, the baluster-form body AND COVER slightly ared foot and rising to an everted rim,
rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck 20TH CENTURY cast with a pair of lion-head handles, the base
and ared mouth, anked by a pair of mythical with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark
beast handles, the neck with cicada-form lappets the cover with a snarling tiger face to one end Diameter 5¼ in., 13.3 cm
rising from a band of stylized gures against a and a horned bovine animal at the other, the
leiwen ground, the shoulder with pairs of coiled central section with a raised ange and S-scrolls $ 3,000-5,000
dragons in thread relief tumbling between two line on leiwen ground, the pouring vessel cast with
borders, the belly with a taotie mask over a leiwen ridged body, archaistic scrollwork to the rim, ⋩ᶫᶾ䲨ġġġ戭䋭俛䆸
ground and dangling cicada-shaped lappets, the a loop handle issuing from a bovine mask, all ˪⣏㖶⭋⽟⸜墥˫ầ㫦
foot with a pair of kuilong over leiwen resting on four lion-mask paw feet, archaistic
Height 17¼ in., 43.8 cm inscriptions to the interiors (2)
Length 11½ in., 29. 2 cm
$ 5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE
㶭ġġġ戭ầ⎌棽棖䲳䐆䌠俛㕡⢢
Collection of Dr. James M. Henry, Provost of
Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1920s.
Acquired Boston 1940s-60s, and thence by
descent.

$ 2,000-3,000

Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ戭ầ⎌妍

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