A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BOWL QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 HKD

bidding is closed

Description

bronze

solidly cast with deep rounded sides supported on a low foot, with the heads of two mythical beasts set to opposite side of the bowl, the exterior liberally applied with irregular splashes of gold, the base further cast with a six-character mark encircled by two dragons

Provenance

Sir William Aykroyd, Bt. MC, Buckland Newton Place, Dorset.
Dorchester, Dorset, 11th December 2007.