An archaistic bronze vessel and cover (Jiao)
Qing dynasty
清 銅仿古饕餮紋角連蓋
heavily cast with a U-shaped body supported on tall splayed legs rising to a flaring rim terminating in two opposing points, cast around the exterior with a taotie band divided by three vertical flanges and a leonine-headed loop handle, the inner rim inscribed with a character, the cover cast with a phoenix finial with stylized wings, the green patina covered with malachite encrustation (2)
Height 14 ? in., 36.8 cm
New England Private Collection, acquired between the 1950s and 1980s.
來源
新英格蘭私人收藏,得於1950年代至1980年代之間