BRONZE BOTTLE VASE
MING DYNASTY, XUANDE MARK, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
£2,000
Auction: 13 May 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
明 宣德款 銅鑄獸耳油錘瓶
elegantly cast of droplet-shape, the bulbous body supported on a splayed foot, extending to a slender straight neck and terminated to a lipped rim, the shoulder adorned in low relief with a band of crashing waves, the foot decorated with a band of geometric patterns, a pair of lion heads flanked the lower end of the long neck, the base cast with a six-character Xuande mark
Dimensions
27.9cm high
Footnote
Provenance: The Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland