BRONZE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ HANDLED VASE
YUAN-MING DYNASTY
£1,008
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
元至明 銅雷紋獸面雙耳盤口瓶
of bottle form set on a high splayed foot rising to waisted neck and dish-shaped mouth, foot and neck each with a band of leiwen field, the neck further flanked with a pair of loop handles
Dimensions
30.4cm high; 1788g
Provenance
Provenance: Nicholas S Pitcher, 22 December 2016, with an original receipt.
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: M.52.
Footnote
Note: A comparable bronze altar-vase, dated to the Song/Yuan dynasty, is in the British Museum, registration no.1990,0528.1. Also compare to a bronze dragon-handled vase, hu, Yuan to early Ming dynasty, with slightly different treatment of the decoration, was previously in the Ulrich Hausmann's collection, then sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 Oct 2014, lot 3302.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價