QIANLONG CAST SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE
QIANLONG CAST SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is cast with a central band decorated with stylised taotie masks against a leiwen ground, between a frieze of raised bosses at the shoulder and plantain blades above the foot. The neck is adorned with upright plantain leaves and flanked to both sides by two archaistic dragon handles, all raised on a slightly splayed foot and embellished overall with gold dapples of varying sizes.
5 3/8 in. (14.8 cm.) high, box

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Gerard Hawthorn, London

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Lot Essay

The decorative plantain blades on the neck and near the foot, echo features of ritual vessels of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Compare to a gilt-splashed bronze vase with lug handles of larger size (17 cm.), with almost identical plantain leaves applied on both the neck and foot, which is illustrated in Chinese Art: The Minor Arts, London, 1963, p. 149, no. 67.

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