BRONZE BALUSTER VASE
MING DYNASTY
£813
Auction: 13 May 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
明 銅鑄蕉葉紋雙龍耳瓶
the bulbous body rising from a high splayed foot to a waisted neck, terminating to a straight lipped rim, the upper body adorned with a band of triangular plantain leaves in low relief, the neck decorated with abstract taotie masks reserved on a key fret ground, the shoulders flanked with a pair of makara head
Dimensions
28.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance: The Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland