AN UNUSUAL ARCHAISTIC BAMBOO VASE HU
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AN UNUSUAL ARCHAISTIC BAMBOO VASE HU

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AN UNUSUAL ARCHAISTIC BAMBOO VASE HU
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

The vase of compressed section carved with two archaistic borders around the pear-shaped body, and another border of lappets around the tall splayed foot, the handles carved as stylised dragons
9 1/2 in. (24 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box

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Compare with another two archaistic bamboo vases of the same date, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the exhibition, Emperor Ch'ien-lung's Grand Cultural Enterprise, 2002, illustrated in the Catalogue, fig. v-37; and the other in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Palace Museum Collection of Elite Carvings, Forbidden City Publishing House, 2002, pl. 57.

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