A FINELY CAST BRONZE 'FLOWER' VASE YUAN / EARLY MING DYNASTY

cast with a conical body tapering to an elongated cylindrical neck, all supported on a slightly splayed foot, the upper neck detailed with a broad band of leiwen motifs and a band enclosing a dragon writhing sinuously, all above raised horizontal ribs and vertical flanges studded with bosses, the lower neck and body of the vessel detailed with further bands of leiwen motifs, a band of bagua (‘Eight Trigrams’) encircling the vessel above the foot, the foot bordered with a leiwen band, the surface patinated to a warm chocolate-brown colour, the base cast with the eight-character inscription Su Hanchen Jian Jing Jiangshi Zhu (‘Jiang made this vessel under the supervision of Su Hanchen’)

there is evidence of resoldering around the inner foot, possibly stabilising of cracks in antiquity. Otherwise, apart from minor surface wear, the vase is in good condition.
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