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12 juin 2021

Two archaic bronze garlic-head vases, hu, Han Dynasty

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Lot 455. Two archaic bronze garlic-head vases, hu, Han Dynasty; 30cm (11 1/2in) high. Estimate £2,000 - £3,000Sold for £ 3,825 (€ 4,462). © Bonhams

The larger with a compressed globular body encircled by a plain rib in relief, the tall tapering neck cast with a lobed 'garlic-bulb' mouth above a plain relief band, all on a spreading foot, with a dark brownish-green patina and areas of shallow encrustation, 34cm (13 1/2in) high; the smaller of similar shape but with the surface entirely plain, the surface with a bright mottled patina.

NoteSee a similar example, excavated in 1988 from a Qin tomb at Gaozhuang, Fengxiang, and now in the collection of the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Institute Xi'an, illustrated by J.Portal, The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army, London, 2007, fig.50. See another example illustrated by Takayasu Higuchi and Minao Hayashi, Ancient Chinese Bronzes in The Sakamoto Collection, Tokyo, 2002, nos.241–243.

Bonhams. Roger Keverne Ltd Moving On (Part II), London, New Bond Street, 7 Jun 2021

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