Description
A parcel-gilt bronze garlic-mouth chilong vase. Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century The compressed globular body supported on a tall splayed foot, the long neck cast with a rain dragon, the surface enhanced with a few small areas of gilding. The bottom plate missing. Height19 cm Literature Compare very similar vases illustrated in: Rose Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London 1990, p. 42
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A parcel-gilt bronze garlic-mouth chilong vase. Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century The compressed globular body supported on a tall splayed foot, the long neck cast with a rain dragon, the surface enhanced with a few small areas of gilding. The bottom plate missing. Height19 cm Literature Compare very similar vases illustrated in: Rose Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London 1990, p. 42