AN OVAL BRONZE VESSEL WITH CAST AND INSCRIBED INSCRIPTION

Estimated Value:

900 € - 1.500 €

Schätzpreis:

2.400 €

Description:

China, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi period, dated 1503
L. 23 cm
On the outer wall a long Inscription: Confucian ritual vessel of the Funing Community (Funing was in present-day Fujian Province), names of the donors and a dating: cast in the 6th month of the guihai year (1503) of the Hongzhi period.
Formerly a collection of the Kienzle brothers, Swabia. Collected in the 1960s and 70s
Traces of age, slightly chipped

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