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Lot 270

A gold-splashed bronze ritual wine vessel, jia
Ming Dynasty

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4 December 2008, 12:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

HK$180,000 - HK$200,000

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A gold-splashed bronze ritual wine vessel, jia

Ming Dynasty
Cast with a bulbous mid-section and trumpet neck, supported on three triangular blade legs, the body decorated with a band of taotie masks on a leiwen ground, divided by two notched vertical flanges, the neck with five upright triangular lappets each enclosing two trigrams, with two vertical posts rising from the mouth rim, applied with a separately cast bovine-head handle, fitted with removable metal liner, the base inscribed with five-character inscription in archaic script.
28.6cm (11 1/4 in) high.

Footnotes

The inscription can be translated as "precious vessel made by Bai Shen".

明 灑金銅饕餮紋斝

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Estimate should read: HK$180,000-200,000

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