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PROPERTY OF A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL AND COVER, YOU
YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)
细节
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL AND COVER, YOU
YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)
The you vessel is finely cast on each side of the body with a large taotie mask formed by a pair of confronted dragons, their raised, hooked tails positioned above small birds, below a pairs of dragons confronting an animal-mask. The cover is decorated on each side of the top with a taotie mask above two backward-looking dragons on the sides. The arched handle is cast with phoenix pattern on top and leiwen on the side, terminating in two animal-heads. The base is cast with a fourteen-character inscription.
The inscription can be translated as:
‘May the offspring of the next ten thousand years treasure this. Made by Taiying Hall.’
16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm.) high, box
YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)
The you vessel is finely cast on each side of the body with a large taotie mask formed by a pair of confronted dragons, their raised, hooked tails positioned above small birds, below a pairs of dragons confronting an animal-mask. The cover is decorated on each side of the top with a taotie mask above two backward-looking dragons on the sides. The arched handle is cast with phoenix pattern on top and leiwen on the side, terminating in two animal-heads. The base is cast with a fourteen-character inscription.
The inscription can be translated as:
‘May the offspring of the next ten thousand years treasure this. Made by Taiying Hall.’
16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm.) high, box
来源
An old Berlin private collection (by repute)
荣誉呈献
Sibley Ngai