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A Chinese bronze vase
Ming Dynasty
of pear shape on a short foot, the loop-handles with dragon head terminals, decorated with a band of taotie masks between flanges below bands of stiff leaves and confronting dragons, the bronze with a warm reddish patina -- 8 1/8in. (20.6cm.) high, (minor degredation).
See Illustration.
Ming Dynasty
of pear shape on a short foot, the loop-handles with dragon head terminals, decorated with a band of taotie masks between flanges below bands of stiff leaves and confronting dragons, the bronze with a warm reddish patina -- 8 1/8in. (20.6cm.) high, (minor degredation).
See Illustration.
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