Asian Art

December 0308, 2022
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LOT 148

Lot 148

A Bronze Arrow Vase, Touhu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

A Bronze Arrow Vase, Touhu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Lot 148 Details
A Bronze Arrow Vase, Touhu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

明 铜螭龙纹贯耳投壶

Heavily cast in three sections, the tall slender neck flanked by two lug handles with continuous key-fret patterns above an archaistic band of chi-dragons in relief reserved on a 'leiwen' 雷纹 pattern, all raised on a spreading foot
height 7.9 in — 20 cm

Estimate $1,200-$1,500

Realised: $1,020
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A Bronze Arrow Vase, Touhu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
  • A Bronze Arrow Vase, Touhu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
  • A Bronze Arrow Vase, Touhu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
  • A Bronze Arrow Vase, Touhu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
  • A Bronze Arrow Vase, Touhu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Note:

Compare with examples from Christie's New York, September 18, 2014, lot 1040, sold for $4,375 USD; Christie's New York, December 9, 2020, lot 112, sold for $4,375 USD; and an earlier example with the same 'leiwen' pattern from the the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2021.294
类似明铜投壶请参考纽约佳士得2014年9月18日,拍品编号1040,以及2020年12月9日,拍品编号112,两件皆售价$4,375美金;更早一例宋/元时期有类似纹饰风格投壶请参考纽约大都会博物馆,藏品编号:2021.294

Christie's New York, September 18, 2014, lot 1040
Christie's New York, December 9, 2020, lot 112
The Metropolitan Museum, New York, Accession Number: 2021.294
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