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19TH CENTURY
Details
AN 'ARCHAISTIC' ROCK CRYSTAL VESSEL, GUANG
19TH CENTURY
The pouring vessel is carved in shallow relief on each side of the body with a taotie mask. The two various animal-mask handles have loose rings.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, silver wire-inlaid wood stand
19TH CENTURY
The pouring vessel is carved in shallow relief on each side of the body with a taotie mask. The two various animal-mask handles have loose rings.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, silver wire-inlaid wood stand
Provenance
Property from a Private Swiss Collection, amassed between 1963 and 1980.
Special notice
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