A BRONZE GARLIC-HEAD VASE Han DynastyA BRONZE GARLIC-HEAD VASEHan DynastyOf compressed globular body rising from a tall tapering foot, to a long slender neck terminating in a bulbous garlic-shape head, the base with taotie mask loop, the surface patinated with variegated patches of malachite-green and copper-brown. 38.5cm（5 1/4in) high.Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 銅蒜頭瓶See a similar garlic head bottle, dated late Warring States period to Western Han dynasty, illustrated by D.Failla, Food for the Ancestors Flowers for the Gods, Genova, 2017, p236, pl.10.1.Compare with a related bronze garlic-mouth vase, Han dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 2 November 2022, lot 208.