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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION
A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC HU-SHAPED VASE
17TH-18TH CENTURY
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A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC HU-SHAPED VASE
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The vase is cast with a pear-shaped body rising from a tall molded foot to a slight flared neck flanked by a pair of handles issuing from bovine heads, and is decorated with three bands of wave patterns incorporating stylized taotie masks, all reserved on a leiwen ground below a narrow band of leiwen pattern.
19 ¼ in. (50 cm.) high
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The vase is cast with a pear-shaped body rising from a tall molded foot to a slight flared neck flanked by a pair of handles issuing from bovine heads, and is decorated with three bands of wave patterns incorporating stylized taotie masks, all reserved on a leiwen ground below a narrow band of leiwen pattern.
19 ¼ in. (50 cm.) high
Provenance
Roger Keverne Ltd., London.
Exhibited
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics, London, Winter 2010, no. 18.
Brought to you by
Michael Bass