17th/18th century
The vase is formed after an archaic bronze vessel, fanggu, with a square middle section supported on a square flared foot divided into eight sections by crenelated flanges and decorated with taotie masks and birds en profile around the foot. The widely flared neck has six upright cicada panels above a border of six snakes
Height 19.5 cm; with fitted wood stand
Provenance: An old Dutch private collection acquired in the 1930s
WFE 73 十七/十八世紀 仿古銅方觚
時代：17/18世紀。
特徵：此器模仿古代青銅方觚造型，其身浮雕饕餮與鳥等紋飾。
尺寸：高19.5公分；附木座。
來源：荷蘭私人藏家於1930年代購得之舊藏。
