A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE GARLIC-HEAD 'CHILONG' VASE Late Ming DynastyA PARCEL-GILT BRONZE GARLIC-HEAD 'CHILONG' VASELate Ming DynastyThe compressed pear-shaped body rising from a tall spreading foot to a long tapering neck terminating with a 'garlic-head' below a waisted mouth, cast with a long and sinuous chilong twisting around the neck, covered with a dark patina enhanced with irregular areas of gilding. 22cm (8 3/4in) high.Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 銅局部鎏金浮雕螭龍紋蒜頭瓶Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 21 March 2015, lot 765. 來源：紐約蘇富比, 2015年3月21日，拍品編號765Compare with two similar bronze vases with dragons, one parcel gilt, 16th/17th century, illustrated by R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, p.42, no.29.