A PALE LIME-GREEN-ENAMELED ARCHAISTIC FOUR-LEGGED VESSEL AND COVER

GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)

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A PALE LIME-GREEN-ENAMELED ARCHAISTIC FOUR-LEGGED VESSEL AND COVER
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
Of oblong section, the deep sides horizontally ribbed below a band of leiwen, with a pair of angular handles and raised on four cabriole legs, the base with a four-character mark, Tao Zhai fa bao, written in slip, the cover with canted sides carved with a further leiwen band and with four tapering posts rising from a ribbed border that act as legs when the cover is inverted, the interior carved with a four-character inscription, Zhou jing shu gui, the exteriors covered in pale lime-green enamel in contrast to the white interiors
9 in. (23 cm.) across handles, wood stand, box

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Lot Essay

A bronze gui vessel with similar decoration and shape in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 27 - Bronze Ritual Vessels and Musical Instruments, Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 44, p. 72 The four-character mark, Tao Zhai fa bao, may be translated as 'the magical weapon of Tao Zhai'. Tao Zhai is the art-name of Tao Duanfang (1861-1911). For a discussion of Duanfang, see lot 1603.

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