£1,008
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art ft. Scholar's Aesthetics: Dr Kenneth P. Lawley's Collection | 751
Auction: 3 November 2023 at 09:00 GMT
元至明 銅雷紋獸面雙耳盤口瓶
of bottle form set on a high splayed foot rising to waisted neck and dish-shaped mouth, foot and neck each with a band of leiwen field, the neck further flanked with a pair of loop handles
Provenance: Nicholas S Pitcher, 22 December 2016, with an original receipt.
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: M.52.
Note: A comparable bronze altar-vase, dated to the Song/Yuan dynasty, is in the British Museum, registration no.1990,0528.1. Also compare to a bronze dragon-handled vase, hu, Yuan to early Ming dynasty, with slightly different treatment of the decoration, was previously in the Ulrich Hausmann's collection, then sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 Oct 2014, lot 3302.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價