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Lot 36
VASE BALUSTRE COUVERT ARCHAÏQUE EN BRONZE, HU, ET PETIT VASE ARCHAÏSANT EN BRONZE, ZHI Dynastie Han, 206 av. J.C. - 220 ap. J.-C. et Dynastie Ming, 1368-1644
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VASE BALUSTRE COUVERT ARCHAÏQUE EN BRONZE, HU, ET PETIT VASE ARCHAÏSANT EN BRONZE, ZHI
Dynastie Han, 206 av. J.C. - 220 ap. J.-C. et Dynastie Ming, 1368-1644
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE VASE AND COVER, HU, AND A SMALL ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE, ZHI
Han Dynasty and Ming Dynasty
The larger vase of rounded body surmounted by a waisted neck, flanked at the shoulders by a pair of loop handles suspending loose rings, the body decorated with a band of archaic motifs, the cover set with three abstract zoomorphic finials; the smaller vase with a pear-shaped body rising from a tall, tapering foot to a slightly waisted neck and flared rim, the neck encircled by a band of mythical animals on a leiwen ground, above a band of cicada lappets.
13.5 cm (5 1/4 in.) and 30 cm (11 3/4 in.) high (3).
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE VASE AND COVER, HU, AND A SMALL ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE, ZHI
Han Dynasty and Ming Dynasty
The larger vase of rounded body surmounted by a waisted neck, flanked at the shoulders by a pair of loop handles suspending loose rings, the body decorated with a band of archaic motifs, the cover set with three abstract zoomorphic finials; the smaller vase with a pear-shaped body rising from a tall, tapering foot to a slightly waisted neck and flared rim, the neck encircled by a band of mythical animals on a leiwen ground, above a band of cicada lappets.
13.5 cm (5 1/4 in.) and 30 cm (11 3/4 in.) high (3).
Footnotes
Provenance
The hu : Christie's London, 30 April 1997, lot 147.
The zhi: Schoeni, Hong Kong, 1987.
漢 青銅壺 及 明 青銅仿古紋觶
來源
青銅壺：倫敦佳士得，1997年4月30日，編號147
青銅仿古紋觶：Schoeni，香港，1989年