Vaas – Brons, Goud, Zilver – China – Qing Dynastie (1644-1911) – Archaistic Hu vase

A large Chinese bronze archaistic Hu vase.Qing dynasty, late 18th to 19th century.The bulbous body rising from a tall splayed foot into a waisted neck with flaring mouth and two loop handles issuing mythical beasts, cast in relief with bands of taotie masks and kui dragons against a leiwen ground. Cast bronze with cast and cold-worked decoration, damascened overlays of silver and gold. Provenance:Formerly in a private Belgian collection.Ref:Compare with another bronze Hu vessel in the Clague Collection, number 241, illustrated in China's Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H. Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900 (Robert D. Mowry, 1993), p. 194, no. 42.Dimensions:Height 40 cm, width with handles 36 cm, diameter 26 cm.Condition:Good condition with a nice patina, very tiny hole to the bottom and a small piece of the mythical beasts horn-end possibly chipped off but this could also be a casting flaw.Worldwide registered and insured shipping.