A hexagonal bronze vase. Yuan dynasty - image-1

Lot 260 Dα

A hexagonal bronze vase. Yuan dynasty

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
03.06.2015, 14:00 - Chinese Decorative Arts, Tibet/Nepal, India, South-East Asia
Estimate: 850 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.240 € (incl. premium)
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A hexagonal bronze vase. Yuan dynasty

A hexagonal bronze vase of baluster shape with thin dragon head loop handles, the splayed foot with a cast wave pattern, the body with a pattern of interlocking circles and the neck with a lozenge pattern filled with wan. Yuan period.
Height 25.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Western Germany

Literature

Hanaike, Flower Vases in the Vogue of Zashiki-Display, The Tokugawa Art Museum 1982, fig. 70; Rose Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London 1990, p. 49, fig. 38; Rose Kerr, The Evolution of Bronze Style in Jin, Yuan and Early Ming Dynasties, in: Oriental Art, New Series, Vol. XXVIII, Number 2, Summer 1982, p.148, fig. 5, p. 151, fig. 11, p. 155, fig. 18; Miranda Rothschild, Ormonde Gallery, Yuan to Ming, Part of an Exhibition of Chinese Bronzes, London n.d., no. 6; The British Museum London, Museum, acc. no. 1994,1010.1