TWO CHINESE BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASES MING/QING DYNASTY The larger vase cast with archaistic...
TWO CHINESE BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASES
MING/QING DYNASTY
The larger vase cast with archaistic motifs above a leiwen ground, the smaller vase of rhombus-section and decorated with key fret above crashing waves, each set with two slender handles issuing from dragon masks, with six character Xuande marks, 23.4cm and 13.5cm, 1.1kg and 417g. (2)
Provenance: from an English private collection, Hampshire.