THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SMALL GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE
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A SMALL GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Of baluster shape with widely flaring rim, cast with a wide central band of scrolling lotus and foliage above archaistic cicada lappets at the foot and below key-pattern and further lappets at the shoulder, the neck with finely cast and gilded lion-mask and loose-ring handles below the rim, with widely spaced splashes of gold on the brownish-olive patina
5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) high
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Of baluster shape with widely flaring rim, cast with a wide central band of scrolling lotus and foliage above archaistic cicada lappets at the foot and below key-pattern and further lappets at the shoulder, the neck with finely cast and gilded lion-mask and loose-ring handles below the rim, with widely spaced splashes of gold on the brownish-olive patina
5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) high