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Important Spring Sale 665
919(1637760)
918920
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Hammer price
5 000SEK
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK

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.

For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A large garlic head qilong bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

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