09-17-201409-18-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2751BBoston
September 17, 2014 06:00 PMCalender
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Large Cloisonne Gu Vase

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$14,760$12,000
Auction: Asian Works Of Art - 2751BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 17, 2014 6:00PM

Description:

Large Cloisonne GuVase, China, Ming dynasty, three sections ,with a trumpet mouth, a swollen square waist, and a splayed square foot, each section with vertical bamboo-notched flanges along the edges and the center, the flared mouth decorated with lotus scrolls on a turquoise ground on the upper side and a pair of phoenixes facing each other along with archaic animal motifs on each of four undersides, the waist in the middle with a taotie mask on each side, and the foot with a pair of mythical birds, ht. 22 7/8 in.

Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

multiple repairs and cracks to enamel, bronze rusting, two flanges missing from the foot, loss of enamel.


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Keywords

China, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, New Hampshire, Hanover