Lot Essay
The rhyton shape was introduced to China from the west, and early pottery examples frequently teminate in bird's heads. Later bronze rhytons, however, are more often formed as bovine heads.
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17TH/18TH CENTURY, XUANDE MARK
Details
A BRONZE BUFFALO-HEAD RHYTON
17th/18th Century, Xuande mark
Cast as the lowered head of a bovine beast with flaring nostrils, pricked ears and horns, supported on two hooves, the circular rim cast in relief with a band of key-fret, brownish patina, wood stand, box
3¼ in. (9.5 cm.) high
17th/18th Century, Xuande mark
Cast as the lowered head of a bovine beast with flaring nostrils, pricked ears and horns, supported on two hooves, the circular rim cast in relief with a band of key-fret, brownish patina, wood stand, box
3¼ in. (9.5 cm.) high
Provenance
E.T. Chow Collection
Exhibited
Geneva, The Virginia & Edward Chow Foundations & Collections, Baur, One Man's Taste, Treasures from the Lakeside Pavillion, 14 October 1988 - 15 January 1989, no. 32, B1
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.