Lot 125

BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TWO-HANDLED VASE
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY




Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
£1,512
Description
明 銅仿古饕餮紋螭龍耳海棠型壺 帶木座
the quatrelobed body cast in low relief with two bands of confronting and addorsed kui dragons reserved against a dense leiwen ground, below a band of six cicada lappets, the neck flanked by a pair of chi dragons, the base with moulded net pattern, with a circular wooden base
Dimensions
33.5cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Private English collection, London; a wedding gift in 1995 from a collector's friend.



