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Chinese Bronze Vase ID

Posted By: Tim
Posted Date: Jul 31, 2014 (12:04 AM)

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Your vase is a modern 20th c. copy in the style of an archaic bronze vase from the western zhou era (about 3000 years ago). The mark looks like a strangely rendered Yongzheng mark of the 18th c., but I don't know of any genuine bronzes with this mark.

The criss cross markings on the bottom resemble those created during cast molding of ancient bronzes, but your vase is either loss-wax or sand casted as is evident in your first photo that shows drops of bronze along the criss cross lines...this would never happen in the original molding process.



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