Two Chinese Archaic Style Bronze Vessels
Two Chinese Archaic Style Bronze Vessels
includes an elegant shaped censer dish with elephant handles flanking the side and raised on three elephant head feet, archaic decoration around the sides, with an apocryphal Xuande mark to underside (3 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 11 in.)(good estate condition; general rubbing and wear to surface; some areas of discoloration to surface), and a bronze jue libation cup raised on three crescent legs, bat head handle to one side, a band of cast leiwen pattern to middle of body (5 3/4 in.)(nick with loss to rim; general wear and smalls nicks to edges; missing the two knobs typically seen protruding upwards from center of rim.)
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
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Two Chinese Archaic Style Bronze Vessels
includes an elegant shaped censer dish with elephant handles flanking the side and raised on three elephant head feet, archaic decoration around the sides, with an apocryphal Xuande mark to underside (3 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 11 in.)(good estate condition; general rubbing and wear to surface; some areas of discoloration to surface), and a bronze jue libation cup raised on three crescent legs, bat head handle to one side, a band of cast leiwen pattern to middle of body (5 3/4 in.)(nick with loss to rim; general wear and smalls nicks to edges; missing the two knobs typically seen protruding upwards from center of rim.)
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
