A FINE CAST BRONZE ARROW VASE 'TOUHU'

Estimated Value:

4.000 € - 6.000 €

Schätzpreis:

4.000 €

Description:

China, Yuan/ early Ming dynasty
H. 43,6 cm
Old German private collection, assembled prior to 2000
The motif of this tall slender vase of balanced proportions is cast on the body which is richly decorated with a dense and neat diaper-pattern ground. The diaper-pattern grounds were popular during the Song and Yuan dynasties, which can be seen on Li Jie's (李誡; 1065-1110) Yingzao Fashi (State Building Standards), republished in Siku quanshu, 1773, vol.33. See a bronze vase, Yuan dynasty, of square section decorated with the same diaper-pattern in the Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art in Genoa, Italy, illustrated by D.Failla, Food for the Ancestors, Flowers for the Gods, 2017, p.134, pl.7.7. Compare also with a bronze hexagonal vase, Yuan dynasty, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc.no.:179-1899; and another bronze vase, 13th/14th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc.no.:2015.272 - One side with small dent

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