A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC FOOD VESSEL

A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC FOOD VESSEL, GUI

MING/QING DYNASTY

Cast with taotie masks and other archaistic motifs against a leiwen ground, the body flanked by two loop handles issuing from the mouths of mythical creatures, with two lines of seal script characters to the interior, all raised on a tall flared foot, together with a wood cover surmounted by a hardstone finial, 34cm, 6kg. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, Hampshire.