A small Chinese bronze scholar’s vase

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A small Chinese bronze scholar’s vase

Late Ming Dynasty
3.5cm tall

Of slender baluster form, this small and heavily cast bronze vase was intended for use upon the scholar’s table, combining restrained elegance with pleasing weight and presence. The…

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Chinese and Japanese works of art, chosen over forty-two years for their quality, their oddness, and the pleasure of handling them.

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Forty-two years of looking

For over forty years Robert Brandt has dealt in an eclectic collection of antique Chinese works of art — paintings, sculpture and textiles — together with Japanese works of art of the Edo and Meiji periods. Pieces are chosen for their quality, their oddness, and the pleasure of handling them. By appointment in London.