A BRONZE BEAST-HANDLED ALTAR VASE

YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)

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A BRONZE BEAST-HANDLED ALTAR VASE
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
The vase is decorated to the neck with two tapering c-shaped handles surmounted by a single-horned beast head. The rim and foot are decorated with bands of stylised scrolling dragons with spade-formed tails, and the the neck is decorated with archaistic beasts on a leiwen ground. The body is finely decorated with a band of interlocking stylised dragons with leiwen-patterned bodies on a recessed
ground.
11 cm. (28 cm.) high, inscribed Japanese wood box

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Lot Essay

The intricate interlocking pattern of stylised dragons to the body can be seen on a Song-Yuan dynasty bronze arrow vase
from the Ulrich Hausmann collection sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2014, lot 3384. The form of the beast-head handles
resembles very closely to lot 3302 from the same sale, which is of corresponding date to the present lot.

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