A FINE LARGE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BALUSTER VASEXuande Intaglio cast four-character mark, 17/18th century
The heavily cast body decorated irregularly all over the exterior and on the short flaring thick neck with rich splashes and dots of patinated gilding, the rectangular mark crisply cast on the flat base. 28cm (11 1/4in) high.Footnotes十七/十八世紀 銅灑金瓶
「宣德年製」篆書鑄款
The shape of the present lot may have been inspired by wannian guan, or 'myriad jars' that were popular during the Tang dynasty. Even the gold-splashes may be inspired by sancai-glazed splashes. Compare with a very similar gold-splashed bronze vase, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, illustrated by R.Mowry, China's Renaissance in Bronze: the Robert H.Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix, 1993, no.34. The author notes that 'because so many bronzes with gold-splashed decoration bears spurious Xuande marks, this Kangxi-marked vase is important in establishing the characteristics of the Kangxi style', see Ibid., p.168. See also a gold-splashed archaistic vase decorated with dragons, illustrated by Spink and Son Ltd., The Minor Arts of China, London, 1983, p.40, no.51, which was later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 137; see also a related gilt-splashed bronze jar, Xuande mark, 17th/18th century, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2866.
A FINE LARGE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BALUSTER VASEXuande Intaglio cast four-character mark, 17/18th century
The heavily cast body decorated irregularly all over the exterior and on the short flaring thick neck with rich splashes and dots of patinated gilding, the rectangular mark crisply cast on the flat base. 28cm (11 1/4in) high.Footnotes十七/十八世紀 銅灑金瓶
「宣德年製」篆書鑄款
The shape of the present lot may have been inspired by wannian guan, or 'myriad jars' that were popular during the Tang dynasty. Even the gold-splashes may be inspired by sancai-glazed splashes. Compare with a very similar gold-splashed bronze vase, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, illustrated by R.Mowry, China's Renaissance in Bronze: the Robert H.Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix, 1993, no.34. The author notes that 'because so many bronzes with gold-splashed decoration bears spurious Xuande marks, this Kangxi-marked vase is important in establishing the characteristics of the Kangxi style', see Ibid., p.168. See also a gold-splashed archaistic vase decorated with dragons, illustrated by Spink and Son Ltd., The Minor Arts of China, London, 1983, p.40, no.51, which was later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 137; see also a related gilt-splashed bronze jar, Xuande mark, 17th/18th century, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2866.
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