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1151 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION A SMALL ARCHAISTIC BRONZE ‘CONG’
VASE
A PAIR OF ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
VESSELS (HU)
HAN DYNASTY of square section raised on a conforming splayed foot and
rising to a circular neck, anked by a pair of lion-mask handles,
each of globular shape rising from a cylindrical foot to a the corners cast with six raised horizontal bands
waisted neck and aring mouth, unadorned aside from a pair Height 6⅜ in., 16.2 cm
of applied taotie masks supporting loose-ring handles at the See a related 17th century cong vase, slightly smaller in size
shoulder and a raised band around the mouth rim (2) and without the lion-mask handles, sold in our Hong Kong
Height 7¼ in., 18.4 cm rooms, 3rd-4th May 1994, lot 395.
PROVENANCE $ 5,000-7,000
Acquired in the early 20th century.
$ 4,000-6,000 ⋩ᶫġİġ⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ戭䋭俛⮷䏖⺷䒞

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74 SOTHEBY’S TWO GILT-BRONZE ‘TAOTIE’ FITTINGS
HAN DYNASTY

each cast with bulging eyes, anked by curving leaf-shaped
ears, beneath upcurved bovine horns with hollow tips, the wide
upper jaw de ned by an out-curved snout forming a hook set
to either side with a pair of hooked fangs, the surface with
scattered green encrustation (2)
Width of wider 1¾ in., 4.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of William O’Donnell (1924-2013), Los Angeles,
California.
Collection of F. Bailey Vanderhoef (1913-2008), Ojai, California,
acquired circa 1965-69.
$ 2,000-3,000

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