Description: Massively cast, with gilded areas, good patina
China, 18th-19th century
The hu shaped bronze vase with a central band of raised taotie on leiwen ground, interrupted by two vertical flanges, above which are two rings suspended by handles with further taotie masks on top. All below a band of confronted archaistic pairs of phoenixes on a leiwen ground, and above a border with six archaistic cicada blades.
Shape: Hu
Weight: 3,1 kilograms
Dimensions: Height 29 cm
Condition: The base is restored. Otherwise good condition with minor wear and traces of use
Provenance: The Eckhart Muthesius private collection, Berlin, 1904-1989
Auction result comparison: CHINESE ART, Sotheby’s, 10 NOVEMBER 2017, LONDON, lot 378. (for a related hu)
清代仿古雙耳銅壺
銅,小範圍鎏金,包漿完善
中國,18至19世紀
品相完善,底部經修復。
德國建築師Eckart Muthesius私人收藏,柏林,1904-1989年