A slender yellow bronze vase. 19th century - image-1

Lot 270 Dα

A slender yellow bronze vase. 19th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
03.06.2015, 14:00 - Chinese Decorative Arts, Tibet/Nepal, India, South-East Asia
Estimate: 700 € - 800 €

A slender yellow bronze vase. 19th century

A slender yellow bronze vase with a long neck and an integrated stepped base, displaying grape vines and squirrels, the branches forming two handles. 19th century.
Height 33.7 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Western Germany

Literature

For the decoration compare: Franz Xaver Bachem, Meine Sammler-Erlebnisse mit Altchina-Bronzen, Köln 1933, pl. 68, no.73 and Liu Xirong, Literati Elegance. Xuande Incense Burners of Ming & Qing Dynasties from Rongzhai Collection (II), Beijing 2009