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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A FINELY CAST ARCHAISTIC BRONZE ZUN
QIANLONG CAST SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A FINELY CAST ARCHAISTIC BRONZE ZUN
QIANLONG CAST SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vessel is cast to the spreading foot with vertical panels enclosing scrolling clouds above a band decorated with chain-links. The drum-shaped mid-section is similarly decoratd with scrolling clouds above mountains. The trumpet neck is cast with upright lappets enclosing further mountains, surrounded by archaistic designs, all reserved on a leiwen ground. The neck, mid-section, and foot are each divided by four evenly-spaced flanges.
12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.) high, box
QIANLONG CAST SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vessel is cast to the spreading foot with vertical panels enclosing scrolling clouds above a band decorated with chain-links. The drum-shaped mid-section is similarly decoratd with scrolling clouds above mountains. The trumpet neck is cast with upright lappets enclosing further mountains, surrounded by archaistic designs, all reserved on a leiwen ground. The neck, mid-section, and foot are each divided by four evenly-spaced flanges.
12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Former family collection of Dr. Edmund Dipper (1871-1933), who was the private doctor of Emperor Puyi between 1920 and 1921, and Sun Yat-sen in 1925, and was the co-founder of the German Hospital in Beijing
Sold at Otto Hartman Auction, Stuttgart, Germany, 2 and 3 March 1950, lot 453
Sold at Otto Hartman Auction, Stuttgart, Germany, 2 and 3 March 1950, lot 453
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