Lot 56

BRONZE 'CHI DRAGON' GARLIC HEAD VASE
MING DYNASTY




Auction: 13 May 2020 at 11:00 BST
£575
Description
明 舍玉堂造款 銅鑄蟠螭紋蒜頭瓶
cast with a compressed globular body rising to a long neck, terminating to a garlic head and an inverted rim, the neck adorned with a coiled chi dragon in high relief, the base engraved with a four-character 'She Yu Tang Zao' workshop mark
Dimensions
24.2cm high
Footnote
Provenance: The Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland



