Lot 26

BRONZE GARLIC-HEAD VASE
HAN DYNASTY

Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 713
Auction: 4 November 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Description
漢 銅蒜頭瓶
the globular body supported on a tall splayed foot, with a long slender neck gradually widening to a lobed garlic-head mouth, the surface a smooth brownish-green patina
Dimensions
30cm high; 2127g
Footnote
Note: A comparable example of bronze ‘garlic-head’ vase with similar proportion, dated to the Han dynasty, is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, nos. 中漢1486
