A RARE BRONZE TRUMPET-NECKED PEAR-SHAPED VASE 12th/13th centuryA RARE BRONZE TRUMPET-NECKED PEAR-SHAPED VASE12th/13th centuryWell cast with an ovoid body flanked by two low flanges, rising from a stepped foot to a narrow waisted neck flaring to a foliate rim, the shoulder decorated with a band of archaistic taotie masks, the foot with further archaistic patterns. 25.5cm (10in) high. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十二/十三世紀 銅饕餮紋葵口瓶The elegant foliate rim of the present lot may have been inspired by contemporaneous ceramic pieces. See for example, a Jun-ware vase with foliate rim, Jin dynasty, illustrated by R.Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, p.32, no.22; see also another red stoneware vase with white slip and turquoise glaze, Jin dynasty, of similar shape, illustrated in Ibid., p.77, no.77.