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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 3, 2020 | Christie's | London | Important Chinese Art | 90 | $****** - ****** | A RARE AND IMPORTANT BRONZE TAPIR-FORM VESSEL, XIZUN |
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38.1 cm (15 in)
A private European collection, amassed in the early 2000s.
Roemer- und Pelisaeus-Museum, Schätze für den Kaiser – Meisterwerke chinesischer Kunst (1368-1911), Hildesheim, 2015-2016, cat. p. 154
The bronze is heavily cast iin the form of a tapir standing foursquare with its head facing forward. The body is cast with geometric scrolls and the facial details are finely highlighted in relief with curved brows. The hollowed body is fitted with a hinged-cover cast as a long-beaked bird with curved wings and its head turned backwards, the underside bearing the incised six-character mark.