Lot 8. A Chinese bronze goose-head bottle vase, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 12 ¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000. Price realised GBP 3,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.

The bottle vase supported on a tall, slightly splayed foot and cast with a goose-form head.

Provenance: The Marcel and Chantal Gerbe Collection, Switzerland, assembled in the 1970s and 1980s.
Purchased from the above in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by the current owner in 2012.

Exhibited: New York, Galerie Christian Deydier, The Marcel & Chantal Gerbe Collection, 16-24 March 2012, no. 6.