A PAIR OF BRONZE ARROW VASES, TOUHU Qing Dynasty (2)A PAIR OF BRONZE ARROW VASES, TOUHUQing DynastyEach with a compressed globular body and a tall cylindrical neck incised with cicada blade lappets, flanked by a pair of lug handles on the top cast with taotie masks on each side reserved on key-fret grounds, similarly decorated on the main section divided by projecting flanges, all raised on a waisted flaring stand. Each 29.2cm (11 1/2in) high, 3.1kg. (2).清 銅饕餮紋雙貫耳投壺 一對Provenance:Bonhams Knightsbridge, London, 3 December 1997The Brian Harkins Collection來源：倫敦邦瀚斯騎士橋，1997年12月3日布萊恩·哈金斯珍藏Compare with an almost identical bronze taotie 'arrow' vase, 16/17th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Paris, 9 November 2021, lot 67.壺口方唇，兩側鑄貫耳，其上鏨刻饕餮紋，頸部分兩段中間起弦紋一道，上刻蕉叶紋，下刻山崖紋，肩部內圈錾刻如意雲紋一周，外圈鏨刻回紋，扁圓鼓腹，出四粗扉棱，四面皆飾饕餮紋，束腰圈足光素無紋。參考一件巴黎蘇富比售出之十六/十七世紀銅饕餮紋投壺，如出一轍，2021年11月9日，拍品編號67。