AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE GARLIC-MOUTH 'DRAGON' BOTTLE VASE

Xuande seal mark, 17th century

Xuande seal mark, 17th century
The heavily-cast vase supported on a high stepped spreading foot, rising to a compressed globular body and tall cylindrical neck with garlic-shaped mouth, a long scaly dragon coiled around the neck chasing a flaming pearl on the shoulder.
42cm (16 1/2in) high.

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十七世紀 銅蟠龍蒜頭瓶
「宣德」篆書款

Compare with two related bronze bottle vases with dragons, 16th/17th century, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by R,Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, p.42, no.29.