CHINE, DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)

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GOURDE COUVERTE ARCHAISANTE EN BAMBOU SCULPTE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
De forme globulaire aplatie, la panse est sculptée en léger relief d'un masque de taotie élaboré sur chaque face. L'épaulement est flanqué de deux anses en forme de chilong. La prise du couvercle est en forme de bouton circulaire aplati.
Hauteur : 16 cm. (6 ¼ in.)

Provenance

Ryan Lee Collection, Armory Show, New York, 2001.

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Further details

A CARVED BAMBOO 'TAOTIE' MOONFLASK AND COVER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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Lot Essay

Bamboo vessels carved with archaistic motifs are known to exist, but the flattened moonflask shape is rare as it is difficult to attain. Compare to a bianhu form vessel with taotie masks in the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum, see The Palace Museum Collection of Elite Carvings, Beijing, 2002, pl. 58. For another example in moonflask shape from the Daoguang period belonging to Dr. Ip Yee Collection, see Chinese Bamboo Carving Part I, Hong Kong, 1978, pl. 182.

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