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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
A PAIR OF CARVED 'IMITATION BRONZE' VASES, FANGHU
TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)
Details
A PAIR OF CARVED 'IMITATION BRONZE' VASES, FANGHU
TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)
Each vase is intricately carved to the exterior on each side with a roundel of stylised dragon scrolls surrounding a shou character, below four characters in seal script, all reserved on a leiwen ground.
11 ¾ in. (30 cm.) high
TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)
Each vase is intricately carved to the exterior on each side with a roundel of stylised dragon scrolls surrounding a shou character, below four characters in seal script, all reserved on a leiwen ground.
11 ¾ in. (30 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the USA by the vendor's mother in the late 1970s, then by descent.
By repute, formerly in the collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, USA.
By repute, formerly in the collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, USA.
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