Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT GOLD, SILVER AND GLASS-EMBELLISHED BRONZE VESSEL (FANG HU), WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH / 3RD CENTURY BC
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September 23, 08:35 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500,000 - 3,500,000 USD
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Description
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT GOLD, SILVER AND GLASS-EMBELLISHED BRONZE VESSEL (FANG HU)
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH / 3RD CENTURY BC
戰國 公元前四 / 三世紀 青銅錯金銀嵌琉璃乳釘紋方壺
of square section, set atop a straight foot with the swelling belly rising to a slightly flaring neck and surmounted by a slightly domed cover set with four bird-shaped finials, each side of the vessel decorated with a complex design of diamond-shaped glass plaques set into cast recesses of conforming shape, surrounded by wide bands of enlaced lines and volutes inlaid in silver, with raised circular bosses embellished with gold-sheet set at regular intervals, on two sides the shoulder set with an animal mask handle suspending a loose ring, with glass plaque and silver inlay, and raised bosses, the dark brown patina with green malachite encrustation (2)
Height 13¾ in., 35.1 cm
Collection of Adolphe (1871-1949) and Suzanne (1874-1949) Stoclet, and thence by descent.
European Private Collection.
來源
Adolphe (1871-1949) 及 Suzanne (1874-1949) Stoclet 伉儷收藏，此後家族傳承
歐洲私人收藏
Albert J. Koop, Early Chinese Bronzes, London, 1924, pl. 103 A.
C.G. Seligman & H.C. Beck, ‘Far Eastern Glass: Some Western Origins’, The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Stockholm Bulletin, no. 10, 1938, pp. 1-64, pl. X.
出版
Albert J. Koop，《Early Chinese Bronzes》，倫敦，1924年，圖版103A
C.G. Seligman 及 H.C. Beck，〈Far Eastern Glass: Some Western Origins〉，《The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Stockholm Bulletin》，號10，1938年，頁1-64，圖版X
International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935, cat. no. 406.
展覽
《中國藝術國際展覽會》，皇家藝術學院，倫敦，1935年，編號406