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QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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A LARGE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE PHOENIX-TAIL VASE
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated around the shoulder with a band of lappets in low relief below two raised bands and a pair of openwork highly detailed dragon handles at the trumpet neck, above the tapering foot encircled by eight bosses with whorl motifs, and a two-character apocryphal Xuande mark on the base. The surface has a deep golden brown patina with irregular gilt splashes.
20 1/2 in. (51.8 cm.) high
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated around the shoulder with a band of lappets in low relief below two raised bands and a pair of openwork highly detailed dragon handles at the trumpet neck, above the tapering foot encircled by eight bosses with whorl motifs, and a two-character apocryphal Xuande mark on the base. The surface has a deep golden brown patina with irregular gilt splashes.
20 1/2 in. (51.8 cm.) high