Asian Arts / 5000 Years
Asian Arts / 5000 Years
Lot Closed
April 30, 09:05 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A rare large garlic-mouth bronze ‘dragon’ vase
Qing dynasty, 17th century
of compressed globular form, rising from a splayed foot to a slender columnar neck with a lobed 'garlic head' and lipped rim, a sinuous archaistic dragon cast in openwork coiled around the shoulder and neck, the bronze richly patinated to a deep brown colour with some areas oxidized to cuprite and malachite tones
Height 39.5 cm, 15½ in.
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Rare grand vase à col bulbe en bronze à décor de dragon, dynastie Qing, XVIIe siècle
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清十七世紀 銅雕龍紋蒜頭瓶