Bronze Taotie Beaker Gu

DESCRIPTION: Two matching single socket electric lamp bases, each composed of a bronze gu ("beaker vase") decorated with songbird and taotie reliefs and leiwen ("thunder patterns"). Each piece is moun

Chinese Ming/Qing Archaic Gu Bronze Vessel 10.25''x5.5''. A dark natural patina bronze archaistic beaker vessel with taotie mask motifs. Missing chip to bottom edge and bottom plate is loose. 16th to

Antique Chinese Bronze Gu VaseAntique Chinese bronze gu beaker vase; a square base with narrow handles attached to a bulging center with band of taotie mask and flanges; seal mark (some wear); H: 11 3

Chinese. The elegantly curved slender vessel resting on a tall foot-ring, crisply cast on the middle and lower sections with fine taotie masks against a ground of intricate leiwen spiral, all below th

Height: 18.2cm Diam.: 10.5cm Weight: 690g

The archaic bronze cast vase is of baluster form with ever rim, body cast with taotie masks in the center, four edges mounted with extruding patterns. Late Shang Dynasty period. Height: 14 1/2 in (36.

Dimensions: 30" H x 18-1/2" W Large Chinese gilt bronze gu beaker vase with trumpet-shaped opening erupting from the bulbous cavity.  Evenly placed lion masks on the bulbous body holding loose rings.

Large Chinese gilt bronze gu beaker vase with trumpet-shaped opening erupting from the bulbous cavity.  Evenly placed lion masks on the bulbous body holding loose rings. The modular design allows f

A CHINESE QING DYNASTY GU FORM BRONZE BEAKER VASE together with a censer & buddha. Largest 15.5 cm high. (3)

A 17TH/18TH CENTURY CHINESE GU FORM BRONZE BEAKER VASE Ming/Qing. 25 cm x 12 cm.

Pair of Chinese spinach jade beaker vases, each having archaic bronze and fluted beaker form (gu), and carvings, both on wooden stands. height 5 1/2 inches, total height 7 inches

13cm x 25.5cm. 850g

Chinese or Japanese bronze Gu-form beaker vase, the body finely cast with Foo dogs, stylized clouds, dragons with flaming pearls, and birds and mythical beasts in roundels against an all-over geometri

Each gu beaker/vase with relief decoration, 5 1/2in h. One with small loss to foot of base. FROM THE FAMILY OF REV. CHARLES HARTWELL (1825-1905) and Lucy Estabrook Stearns Hartwell (1827-1883); their

A CLOISONNE ENAMEL BEAKER VASE GU Following an archaic bronze gu form with central bulb between the splayed pedestal foot and tall trumpet neck, all ribbed with four vertical flanges, finely enamelled

Chinese Republic Celadon Archaic Gu Beaker Vase 10.5''x5''. Unusual molded taotie archaistic motifs. Molded Qianlong zhuanshu seal mark, though a later Republic copy. Excellent condition, examined und

PAIR CHINESE FINE BRONZE-GILT LAMPS The finely casted reticulated cover surmounted on a beaker vase gu, which flanked with four loose rings at the belly, inlaid with pink gems, richly gilt. Dimension:

A Chinese Celadon Jade Archaic Beaker Vase, Gu. Of flattened square 'gu' form, carved in relief to the bulbous central section with two opposing taotie masks, the top and bottom sections with plantain

Ming Dynasty Chinese Bronze Gu the sides with Taotie masks and archaic symbols. Good condition to bronze and patination. Height 7 1/2 inches (19 cm.). Provenance: a Huntington Long Island Collection

Chinese. Pair of porcelain gu or beaker form vases, each having iron red archaic taotie face masks. Both having six-character Kangxi type marks to the undersides. Approx. of one, h. 13.25", dia. 6.75"

Chinese Longquan Guan-Type Beaker Vase. Of archaistic "gu" shape rising from a tall splayed foot to a trumpet neck with a raised band at mid section molded with a pair taotie mask ring handles, covere

VASE Gu à décor de masques Taotie sur fond de leiwen Bronze patiné et corrodé H. 10 cmChocs, percé

Archaistic Chinese carved spinach jade gu-form vase; finely carved with taotie masks amid scrolling leiwen pattern, between notched flanges; H: 17"; gilt bronze stand

12 Chinese Bronze Gu Vases 19TH CENTURY AND LATER each has tapered body under a widely flared trumpet mouth, the central part in slight relief decorated with taotie masks and punctuated by four ridges