Chinese cast bronze vase. "Garlic" form.Early Qing. 18th or before
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork: Pre 1800: Item # 1489041
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork: Pre 1800: Item # 1489041
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Cast bronze "soliflore"vase.The neck is engraved in the archaic Chinese style of stylized cicadas and Greeks, it ends by flaring and closing to create a bulb in the shape of a head of garlic, hence the English term "Garlic" to name this style, the body is modeled in a slice of melon.Small vase, simple but very elegant.. Chinese work early Qing Dynasty.The beautiful old patina of this bronze confirms it as being centuries old.18th century or earlier. H:17cm.
