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CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
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TROIS PETITS VASES ARCHAISANTS EN BRONZE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
The gu, of flaring form, is cast with a coiled chilong around the body. The small oblong vase is decorated with a chilong on both sides, and a mythical animal's mask on the shoulders. The hu, is decorated in silver inlay with taotie masks and archaistic scrolls, with a pair of masks suspending ring handles at the shoulder.
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) the highest
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
The gu, of flaring form, is cast with a coiled chilong around the body. The small oblong vase is decorated with a chilong on both sides, and a mythical animal's mask on the shoulders. The hu, is decorated in silver inlay with taotie masks and archaistic scrolls, with a pair of masks suspending ring handles at the shoulder.
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) the highest
Provenance
From a European private collection, acquired between the 1960s and the 1990s in the European art market, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Further details
THREE SMALL BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VASES
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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