AN UNUSUAL LARGE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE YENYEN VASE

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE YENYEN VASE
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Made in two sections, the baluster body applied on the upper body with three sinuous dragons with outward-facing heads alternating with three lion masks, all between petal-lappet borders, the separately made neck of trumpet form applied with a pair of dragon handles with trifurcated tails, long manes and backward-turned heads above an encircling flange, splashed allover in gold in contrast to the olive patina of the bronze, the base etched with a Xuande four-character seal mark flanked by two dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst clouds against a ring-matte ground
25½ in. (64.8 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Large gold-splashed bronze vases of this type are quite unusual. A similar tall (22¼ in.) vase of this shape, also with dragon handles, two ribs around the neck, a petal lappet band on the shoulder and raised decoration on the upper body including lion-mask bosses was included in the exhibition, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics, Roger Keverne, June 2001, no. 22. See, also, the related vase (27½ in. high) sold Sotheby's, New York, 1 June 1993, lot 430.

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