Description
A PAIR OF BRONZE REPOUSSé GU VASES, MID-QING
China, 18th century. Cast in relief and finely incised with lotus flowers, scrolling vines, and leaves, as well as bands of overlapping plantain leaves. The mouth, foot rim, and the lower and upper ends of the compressed globular mid-section show key fret patterns. (2)
Provenance: Formerly in a Belgian private collection.
Condition: Excellent condition with some casting flaws such as small holes around the lower end of the mid-section of one vase. One of the lotus flowers in the mid-section of one vase is slightly abraded. The upper plantain leaf band on one vase has a horizontal nick approximately 4 cm in length, while the same band on the other vase shows several smaller nicks, each shorter than 1 cm.
Weight: 1,661 g and 1,751 g
Dimensions: 34.8 cm and 35.0 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare with a near-identical pair of bronze gu vases at Christie’s Paris in Art d’Asie on 10 December 2014, lot 328, sold for EUR €11,875.
一對纏枝蓮紋銅觚,清代中期
中國,十八世紀。銅觚侈口束頸,器身分三段,束腰至底足微外撇。浮雕纏枝蓮紋及芭蕉葉紋。
來源:之前是比利時私人收藏。
品相:狀況極好,一些鑄造缺陷 例如一個花瓶中間部分下端的小孔。 一個花瓶中間部分的一朵蓮花被略微磨損。 一個花瓶上的芭蕉葉帶有一個大約4厘米長的水平缺口,而另一個花瓶上的草葉紋帶則有幾個較小的缺口,每個缺口都短於1厘米。
重量:分別爲1,661 克與1,751克
尺寸:34.8厘米與35.0厘米
拍賣成果比較: 一對幾乎一模一樣的銅觚2014年12月10日于巴黎佳士得《亞洲藝術》拍號328,成交價為EUR €11,875。