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17TH CENTURY
Details
A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BALUSTER VASE
17TH CENTURY
Cast with a geometric design, with dragon mask handles suspending loose rings, fitted for electricity
19.7/8 in. (50 cm.) high
17TH CENTURY
Cast with a geometric design, with dragon mask handles suspending loose rings, fitted for electricity
19.7/8 in. (50 cm.) high
Provenance
Brought back from China in the 1870s by Arthur Ilbert (d. 1899) of Westbrook Upwey, Dorset, a merchant and Michael Inchbald’s great-grandfather, who by family tradition was 'the richest taipan in Shanghai’ (P. Inchbald, Jack of All Trades: And His Family, privately published, 1999, p. 41).
Brought to you by
Laetitia Delaloye
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