A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
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The vase is cast with a compressed globular body rising to a tall neck coiled around with two long dragons chasing a flaming pearl, all below the lobed garlic-head mouth.p. Height 42 cm.
Repair, wear, tarnished.
Exhibitions
Compare a much smaller one in the National Palace Collection, Taipei, Taiwan, Object Number中銅001197N000000000.
Christies, lot 164. 6 APR 2015 | Live auction 3406. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.
More information
An archaistic shape inspired by the garlic mouth vases from the Han dynasty.