Lot 63
  • 63

A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VASE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 HKD
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Description

  • Bronze
  • 13cm
cast with a baluster body sweeping up to a broad shoulder and surmounted by a tall tubular neck and wide flared mouthrim, all supported on a short foot, the exterior of the body decorated with a frieze enclosing kui dragons with angular scroll bodies against a leiwen ground, the dark brown exterior and wide inner mouthrim liberally splashed with gold

Provenance

Collection of Soame Jenyns (1904-76).

Condition

There are minute dents and bruises to the edges. Rubbing to the gilding. Minor scratches to the rim. Oxidisation to the surface.
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Catalogue Note

It is rare to find a miniature archaistic bronze vase of this quality, which epitomises the reverence for antiquity in the Qianlong period. However, similar archaistic decoration can be seen on another rare gold-splashed vessel, a Qianlong reign-marked vase in the Musée Cernuschi, illustrated by Michel Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine impériale, des Song aux Qin, Paris, 2013, cat. no 49. Compare also the decoration on a Qianlong reign-marked gold-splashed bronze vase and water pot, sold at Christie's New York, 17th/18th September 2015, lot 2116.