Description: An archaistic gilt repousse bronze vase Qing dynasty, 19th century
of
hu form standing on a splayed foot, the pear shaped body surmounted with a tall slightly waisted neck set with double dragon head and loose ring handles, the sides decorated in relief with a broad frieze of entwined
kuilong with sinuous finely ribbed bodies, below an undulating ribbed band enclosing archaic-style motifs around the neck, all between horizontal leaf and foliate borders around the mouth, shoulders and base, the decoration highlighted in gilding
23.5 cm high
PROVENANCE
Bonhams, New York, 30 October 2017, lot 53, illustrated