BRONZE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ TWO-HANDLED VASE
YUAN-MING DYNASTY
£1,386
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
元至明 銅萬字銅錢紋雙龍耳盤口瓶
of pear form cast on a high splayed foot rising to waisted neck and galleried mouth, decorated with swirly waves, the neck decorated with a band of interlocking coins with swastika-wan symbols, flanked by a pair of dragon-formed loop handles, the foot with a band of wave-pattern
Dimensions
27.8cm high; 1495g
Provenance
Provenance: Nicholas S Pitcher, 5 November 2014, with an original receipt.
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: M.49.
Footnote
Note: Three comparable examples, dated to the Yuan to Ming dynasty, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2019, lot 2915; 11 Jun 2021, lot 3195, and 6 Dec 2022, lot 3152.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價