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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A RARE AND IMPORTANT BRONZE TAPIR-FORM VESSEL, XIZUN
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
The bronze is heavily cast iin the form of a tapir standing foursquare with its
head facing forward. The body is cast with geometric scrolls and the facial
details are finely highlighted in relief with curved brows. The hollowed body is
fitted with a hinged-cover cast as a long-beaked bird with curved wings and its
head turned backwards, the underside bearing the incised six-character mark.
15 in. (38 cm.) long
£60,000-100,000 US$77,000-130,000
€66,000-110,000
PROVENANCE:
A private European collection, amassed in the early 2000s.
(mark)
EXHIBITED:
Roemer- und Pelisaeus-Museum, Schätze für den Kaiser – Meisterwerke
chinesischer Kunst (1368-1911), Hildesheim, 2015-2016, cat. p. 154
歐洲私人珍藏
清乾隆 銅犧尊 「大清乾隆年製」 楷書刻款
來源:
於2000年代初購入歐洲
展覽:
羅埃默和佩利措伊斯博物館《皇室遺珍 中國明清宮廷藝術展》希爾德斯海姆, 2015-2016
年, 152-153頁

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