AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE SQUARE PEAR-SHAPED VASE Yuan/Ming DynastyAN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE SQUARE PEAR-SHAPED VASEYuan/Ming DynastyThe pear-shaped vase of square section, crisply cast around the exterior with three registers, the upper section with leiwen band, the middle and lower sections with archaistic stylised chilong, flanked by a pair of taotie-mask handles issuing loose rings. 23cm (9in) high. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價元/明 銅鋪首銜環耳螭龍紋方壺 Compare with a related square-bodied vase, with similar stylised pattern, late Yuan/early Ming dynasty, illustrated by D.Failla, Food for the Ancestors, Flowers for the Gods, Genoa, 2017, p.223, no.7.10.