AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BALUSTER VASE, 17TH CENT... Lot n° 514

China, late Ming to early Qing dynasty. Heavily cast, the shoulder incised with a band of flowers in octagonal reserves surrounded by geometric patterns, the body with a circumferential relief of stylized lotus, the foot with a cicada blade border and lotus in relief. Condition: Good condition with minor wear, firing flaws, surface scratches, as well as several small notches along the mouth and foot rim. Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. Weight: 2,938 g Dimensions: Height 22.5 cm ????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ???Georg Weifert (1850-1937)??????????? ?Weifert???????????????????????????????????? ???2,938 ? ?????22.5 ??