Lot 122 , A Chinese bronze reliquary vessel, Tang dynasty, 618-907AD, height 62cm

A Chinese bronze reliquary vessel, Tang dynasty, 618-907AD, the vessel of stupa-form with globular body on a spreading pedestal foot, the domed cover with a tall pagoda of seven projecting discs of decreasing size before a peaked finial, of dark brown patina heavily encrusted with malachite and cuprite deposits, height 62cm
Estimate £300-500

Compare a similar vessel sold as part of a set of vessels sold by Sotheby's New York, 'The Arts of The Buddha', September 22 2005, Lot 330.


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Sold for £700