A GARLIC HEAD BRONZE BOTTLE VASE, HAN DYNASTY China, 202 BC to 220 AD. The finely cast vessel of compressed globular form with a long slender neck set with a single raised band, widening to a lobed garlic head mouth. The exterior overall with a fine ancient patina of azurite, malachite, and cuprite.

Provenance: Belgian trade.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age, and as expected with extensive wear, encrustation, soiling, dents, dings, cracks, losses, and a minuscule pierced hole.

Weight: 1906 g
Dimensions: Height 38 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related garlic head bronze vase, also dated to the Han dynasty, at Bonhams San Francisco in Asian Decorative Arts on 9 October 2013, lot 3183, sold for USD 9,375. Compare also a closely related garlic head bronze vase, dated to the Han dynasty, at Bonhams San Francisco in Fine Chinese Works of Art on 16 December 2014, lot 8016, sold for USD 5,625.

漢代青銅蒜頭瓶
中國， 公元前202 年至公元220 年。直頸圓腹，圈足，瓶口成蒜頭瓣狀，頸部一道凸紋。通體藍綠色鏽斑，包漿色澤豐富。

來源：比利時古玩市場。
品相：狀況良好，與年齡相稱，如預期的那樣，有大量磨損、結殼、污漬、凹痕、裂縫、缺損和微小的穿孔。

重量：1906 克
尺寸：高38 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件十分相近的漢代青銅蒜頭瓶，見舊金山邦翰思 Asian Decorative Arts 2013年10月9日 lot 3183, 售價USD 9,375 ；另一件相近的漢代青銅蒜頭瓶，見舊金山邦翰思 Fine Chinese Works of Art 2014年12月16日 lot 8016, 售價USD 5,620。