A PAIR OF BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASES Song/Yuan Dynasty (2)

A PAIR OF BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASESSong/Yuan Dynasty Each decorated on the lower bodies with a wide band of stylised motifs reserved on a S-shape scroll ground, rising from a flared foot with a band of floral patterns, the necks cast with archaistic taotie masks on key-fret ground, flanked by a pair of handles issuing from mythical-beast heads. Each, 22cm (8 3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋/元 銅饕餮紋獸耳壺一對Compare with a related bronze double-handled vase, Southern Song/Jin dynasty, in the Henri Cernuschi collection, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine Imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, p.134, no.83.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com