Inlaid Bronze Vase

Description:

Inlaid Bronze Vase, China, of hu shape, the neck surrounded by a thick band cast with a pair of medium-relief archaic birds in profile in gilt inlay, reserved on a leiwen ground, the vase flanked by a pair of tubular lugs with parcel-gilt design of transformed taotie marks, ht. 14 1/8 in.
Estimate $400-600

One drilled hole to the base, the other to the foot

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