Lot 65

SUPERBLY CAST LARGE BRONZE VASE, HU

Auction: 8 November 2016 at 17:00 GMT
£10,625
Description
impressively large and heavily cast with two pairs of confronting sinuous dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl amongst scrolling clouds, below four narrower borders encircling the waisted neck set with further dragons and a ruyi-head lappet band, the neck flanked by a pair of archaistic dragon handles suspending loose rings, the foot surrounded by a ring of plantain leaves above an apocryphal Qianlong reign mark
Dimensions
71.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private London collection.
