A bronze 'arrow' vase, touhu Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century | 明十六至十七世紀 銅饕餮紋投壺

Property from a French private collection

A bronze 'arrow' vase, touhu

Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century

of archaistic form, with a bulbous body and a long tubular neck flanked by lug handles, decorated with grinning masks evoking a taotie on each side, the base inlaid in silver filigree with an apocryphal Xuande mark

29.1 cm, 11½ in.

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Collection particulière française

Vase archaïque dit ‘vase archer’ en bronze, dynastie Ming, XVIe-XVIIe siècle

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法國私人收藏

明十六至十七世紀 銅饕餮紋投壺

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