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An archaistic bronze beaker vase.
An archaistic bronze beaker vase.
Of square balustre shape with dragon handles. Decorated with taotie-masks divided by vertical flanges. Attached to wooden base. Total height 36,6 cm.
Tarnished. Holes to the base of beaker.
Provenance
According to the previous owner, purchased at Antique dealer Emie Särnstedts in Vadstena, Sweden, in 1935. Believed to previusly been in the posession of Mr Gunnar J Andersson, founder of Östasiatiska Museet in Stockholm.