An exceptional Hu-vase
Lot-No. 852
Proceeds : 8.900 €
China, 17th/18th cent. (Qing-dynasty 1644-1911). Bronze with colourful champlevé decoration. Tall four cornered vase in the shape of an archaic hu-vessel with stylised bird handles. Corners highlighted with pinnacles. In the decor t"ao-t"ieh-masks and swastica ornaments. Large inscription in the base. Prov.: Ehem. Slg. Dr. Jacobo Morf, Stabsarzt König Ludwigs II. von Bayern. On a wooden base. H. 48 cm.
An exceptional Hu-vase
An exceptional Hu-vase
Lot-No. 852
Proceeds : 8.900 €
China, 17th/18th cent. (Qing-dynasty 1644-1911). Bronze with colourful champlevé decoration. Tall four cornered vase in the shape of an archaic hu-vessel with stylised bird handles. Corners highlighted with pinnacles. In the decor t"ao-t"ieh-masks and swastica ornaments. Large inscription in the base. Prov.: Ehem. Slg. Dr. Jacobo Morf, Stabsarzt König Ludwigs II. von Bayern. On a wooden base. H. 48 cm.