Chinese Inlaid Bronze Vessel

20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

11 1/2 in. (4.35 kg, 29 cm high).

Of lei form with narrow mouth, band to the equator with loop handles, lid with openwork disc handle; applied bowenite plaques to the median band, each with running-scroll detailing; kuilong inlaid ornament to the shoulder and body, flared base.

Provenance

Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.

Literature

See Song, L., Chinese Bronze Ware, Cambridge, 2011, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 1679