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THE HOSOKAWA FAMILY COLLECTION
A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE, FANGHU
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911）
Details
A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE, FANGHU
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The vase is of rectangular cross-section, the rounded sides rising from a tall foot narrowing at the neck flanked by two animal-mask handles, the dark brown metal highlighted with irregular gilt-splashes. The base with a twelve-character seal mark reading Xuande ernian Zhou Yi wei Xiuhuang zhuren zhi ( made by Zhou Yi for the master of Xiuhuang in the second year of Xuande).
6 3⁄4 in. (17.1 cm.) high., Japanese wood box
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The vase is of rectangular cross-section, the rounded sides rising from a tall foot narrowing at the neck flanked by two animal-mask handles, the dark brown metal highlighted with irregular gilt-splashes. The base with a twelve-character seal mark reading Xuande ernian Zhou Yi wei Xiuhuang zhuren zhi ( made by Zhou Yi for the master of Xiuhuang in the second year of Xuande).
6 3⁄4 in. (17.1 cm.) high., Japanese wood box
Literature
Hosokawa Morisada, Ittokutoku, 1982, no.30
Exhibited
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, Kumamoto, Daijuikkai Eisei Bunko ten, Min Shin no Bijutsu to Kougei,
12 September – 18 October 1981, Catalogue no. 66
12 September – 18 October 1981, Catalogue no. 66
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