A CHINESE BRONZE JUE, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

Reference: ART1001919

Raised on three blade-form supports, the sides cast with a band of two taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground and separated by narrow notched flanges, one mask centered on a third flange, the other centered on the C-scroll handle issuing from a bovine mask, below a band of small blades filled with cicadas and larger blades below the spout and opposite end, with a pair of capped posts rising from the rim, with mottled green patina.
Height: 20 cm.