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QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF ARCHAISTIC GILT-SPLASHED WINE VESSELS, JIA
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Each vessel is raised on three blade supports and the body crisply cast with two taotie masks on a leiwen ground divided by flanges set directly below each of the capped posts rising from the rim. The neck is further embellished with detached, ascending blades each enclosing a trigram, and attached with a curved handle emerging from the mouth of a monster mask to one side. The underside is inscribed with a five character inscription, reading Boshen zuo booyi, 'This precious vessel made by Boshen'.
11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm.) high
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Each vessel is raised on three blade supports and the body crisply cast with two taotie masks on a leiwen ground divided by flanges set directly below each of the capped posts rising from the rim. The neck is further embellished with detached, ascending blades each enclosing a trigram, and attached with a curved handle emerging from the mouth of a monster mask to one side. The underside is inscribed with a five character inscription, reading Boshen zuo booyi, 'This precious vessel made by Boshen'.
11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm.) high
Exhibited
Spink & Son Ltd., The Minor Arts of China III, London, 1987, no. 77
Brought to you by
Chi Fan Tsang