- 3123
A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE MINIATURE WINE VESSEL, ZUNMING DYNASTY |
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 HKD
Sold
137,500 HKD
bidding is closed
Description
decorated overall in gold and silver inlays, the bulbous central section and the splayed foot depicting stylised taotie masks divided by vertical flanges, surmounted by a wide trumpet neck encircled by upright cicada motifs and archaistic scrolls, carved wood stand
Literature
Morisada Hosokawa, Ittokuroku [Wisdom in pieces], Tokyo, 1982, no. 33.
Catalogue Note
For another gold and silver-inlaid bronze vessel of similar high quality decoration, see the gui vessel from the collection of Ulrich Hausmann, sold in these rooms, 8th October 2014, lot 3350.