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A RARE GILT-SPLASHED 'TAOTIE' BRONZE AMPHORA VASE, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天1小时
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China. Finely cast, the baluster body raised on a gently splayed foot and surmounted by a waisted neck with everted galleried rim, set with a pair of looped handles issuing from horned dragon heads at the shoulders. The vessel is decorated to the upper section of the body with a wide band enclosing two large and fierce taotie masks set against a leiwen ground, above a band of pendent stiff leaves with key-fret, ruyi, and bagua designs, the foot encircled by a bow-string band, embellished overall with gold dapples of varying sizes. The recessed base cast with an apocryphal six-character mark da Ming Xuande nianzhi.Provenance: The Finer Collection. The base with a paper label from the Finer Collection inscribed with the inventory number 'CB 72'. Ian Finer is a London-based Chartered Accountant whose professional work advising clients in the antiques trade fostered a deep personal engagement with Asian art. Over several decades he assembled a highly regarded private collection of Chinese bronzes and porcelains. At its core were refined works, notably by the famed metalworker Hu Wenming and other scholars' studio pieces. Finer's collection, which he carefully curated from important auction houses, collectors, and dealers, was recognized for its museum-quality breadth and scholarly focus. Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, casting irregularities, light traces of use, the interior of the mouth with a shallow loss, minor rubbing to gilt, few minuscule nicks and small surface scratches. The bronze with a fine chocolate-brown patina. The gilt splashes are remarkably well preserved!Weight: 1.8 kg Dimensions: Height 27.4 cmThe origins of gold-splashed decoration on bronze vessels remain the subject of scholarly debate. Gerard Tsang and Hugh Moss have suggested that the popularity of this technique may have been inspired by the natural patination of Ming dynasty Xuande bronzes, in which irregular oxidation can create an effect resembling scattered gilding (see Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 184). Other scholars have linked this style to broader aesthetic currents in Chinese art. Robert Mowry (in China's Renaissance in Bronze, Phoenix, 1993, p. 169) points to the early 15th-century introduction of fine papers sprinkled with gold and silver, proposing that such materials may have influenced bronze artisans directly or, more broadly, shaped contemporary tastes for abstract metallic decoration, much as seen in Qingbai and Longquan ceramics of the Song, Yuan, and Ming periods.Literature comparison: Compare a near identical example, 27.5 cm high, also with a six-character Xuande mark and dated to the 17th century, illustrated by Roger Keverne, The Oriental Art Gallery, Oriental Works of Art, 9 December 1992, no. 54.Auction result comparison:Type: Near identicalAuction: Ravenel, Hong Kong, 25 May 2014, lot 8044Mid-Estimate: HKD 100,000 or approx. EUR 14,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A bronze gilt splash vase, Qing dynastyExpert remark: Compare the near identical form, decoration, motifs, and size (27.5 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3947 Price: HKD 125,000 or approx. EUR 20,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A small gilt-splashed bronze vase, fang hu, Qing dynasty, 18th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related gilt-splashed decoration, archaistic motifs, manner of casting, and apocryphal Xuande mark. Note the different form and much smaller size (13.2 cm).

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