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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE, HU
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY
Details
A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE, HU
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY
The vase is cast to the body with two raised concentric bands and flanked on the sloping shoulder by a pair of crisply cast taotie-mask handles supporting loose rings, all raised on a slightly splayed foot and embellished overall with gold dapples of varying sizes. The base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark.
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high, bronze stand, box
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY
The vase is cast to the body with two raised concentric bands and flanked on the sloping shoulder by a pair of crisply cast taotie-mask handles supporting loose rings, all raised on a slightly splayed foot and embellished overall with gold dapples of varying sizes. The base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark.
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high, bronze stand, box
Provenance
Spink and Sons Ltd., London, April 1982
Literature
H. Moss and G. Tsang, Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Hong Kong, 2011, p. 184-185, no. 160
Exhibited
The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, 24 October - 13 December 1986
Brought to you by
Priscilla Kong