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                                                              AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE, HU
                                                              MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
                                                              The vase is cast with two taotie mask loose ring handles beneath a pair of
                                                              concentric raised ribs to the waisted neck. It is supported on a raised foot
                                                              rim and the base has an incised two-character mark, bao yong, that may be
                                                              translated as "to be used and treasured". The vessel has a rich, dark brown
                                                              patina.
                                                              6 1/2 in. (16.6 cm.) high
                                                              £4,000-5,000                          US$5,200-6,400
                                                                                                      €4,400-5,500
                                                              PROVENANCE:
                                                              Collection of Frans Carl Gottfried Kockum (1891-1963), thence by descent
                                                              within the family.
                                                              Frans Carl Gottfried Kockum was the Swedish director of Kockums
                                                              ironworks.

                                                              明十七世紀  銅仿古饕餮紋雙耳活環壺
                                                              來源:
                                                              瑞典Frans Carl Gottfried Kockum (1891-1963年) 舊藏,家傳至今
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          PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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          A LARGE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE, FANGGU
          17TH CENTURY
          The vase is cast with notched flanges to the edges and decorated to the neck
          with blades filled with stylised cicadas on a leiwen ground, resting on a middle
          section with taotie masks reserved on leiwen and a similarly decorated foot.
          18 1/2 in. (47 cm) in, high
          £6,000-8,000                          US$7,700-10,000
                                                  €6,600-8,700

          歐洲私人珍藏
          十七世紀  銅仿古饕餮紋方觚












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