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LOT 1679
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.
ProvenanceEx Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
See Song, L., Chinese Bronze Ware, Cambridge, 2011, for discussion.
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