A LARGE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE ARCHAISTIC PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU

18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

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A LARGE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE ARCHAISTIC PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU
18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Each side cast in high relief with a large taotie mask with protruding fangs, with further taotie bands on the neck, lug handles and foot, all inlaid in gold and silver
18½ in. (47 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A large (16¼ in.) archaistic gold and silver-inlaid bronze hu of this type is illustrated by M. Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, A.D. 1100-1900, 1989, no. 88, where it is dated late 17th/early 18th century.

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