A Chinese archaistic bronze flower vase.
12th – 14th century, Song/Yuan dynasty.
The crisply cast vase of rectangular form rising from a tall tapering foot to outward curving body and narrow waisted neck flanked by a pair of taotie-mask handles issuing loops. The middle part of the body with a relief decoration of taotie against a repeating leiwen background.
Dimensions:
Height 18.5 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 8 cm.
Provenançe:
From a private Dutch collection.
Ref:
For a related example see Michael Goedhuis, Brush and Bronze, Bonhams 17-05-2023, lot 305.
For another closely related example see Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 07 October 2014, lot 3398.
Inv. No: A00289
