Chinese
A Chinese Archaistic Bronze Incribed Vase, Fangyou, 17th/18th Century
bronze
9 x 7 1/2 x 6 in, 22.9 x 19.1 x 15.2 cm
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CAD
Sold for: $3,750
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PROVENANCE
Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London
Private Collection, Toronto
Raised on a splayed square base to a waisted body with vertical ribs, the neck with a band of taotie masks and birds and flanked by two mythical beast knobs connected to a wide U-shaped handle, the cover of square form with a frieze of mandarin ducks, all rising a a flat top with geometric ridges and a rectangular finial. The underside of the cover with a six-character Bronze Age style inscription.
Height including handle: 11 inches (28 cm), weight: 3295 g.
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