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Lot 7100
An unusual cast bronze hu-form vase Ming dynasty
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
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An unusual cast bronze hu-form vase
Ming dynasty
Elegantly cast and raised on a wide oval base set off by a finely worked band of wave patterns below a low-slung belly, the tapered neck cast with an whimsical abstract taotie mask rendered with fine lines and elongated spiral bands and set between two lion mask handles, the surface burnished with a reddish-umber patina.
13in (33 cm) high
Elegantly cast and raised on a wide oval base set off by a finely worked band of wave patterns below a low-slung belly, the tapered neck cast with an whimsical abstract taotie mask rendered with fine lines and elongated spiral bands and set between two lion mask handles, the surface burnished with a reddish-umber patina.
13in (33 cm) high
Footnotes
For similar examples with a wave-patterned base, see Later Chinese Bronzes: a special exhibition of 14th to 18th century examples, 16-19 May 1984, presented by Michael Eveleigh and Brian Harkins, figures 2 and 5; and Sotheby's, Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3302.


