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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE JAR, ZHADOU
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE JAR, ZHADOU
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The slightly compressed globular body is vibrantly decorated in silver and gold inlay with archaistic taotie masks, below further masks on the neck. The base is inscribed in gold inlay with an apocryphal Xuande three-character mark.
8 in. (20 cm.) high, box
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The slightly compressed globular body is vibrantly decorated in silver and gold inlay with archaistic taotie masks, below further masks on the neck. The base is inscribed in gold inlay with an apocryphal Xuande three-character mark.
8 in. (20 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Rhineland private collection, acquired from Offermann and Schmitz, Germany in 1988