California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 24, 2017  June 24, 2017

 Lot # 2218 
AN BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL    清 銅觚


  • Dimension: Height: 11 1/8 in (28.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $600
  • Estimate To: $900

Of slender form rising from a spreading base to a square-shaped trumpet mouth, the neck cast with four tapering cicada blades shaped pattern, the central bulb and foot crisply cast with taotie masks set with raised eyes and brows divided by notched flanges and the leiwen spiral ground finely cast, the bronze with a smooth brownish patina to the decorated surfaces, some malachite encrustration inside the vessel. Qing Dynasty period.