Excellent Ming Dynasty Bronze Sheep Vase

I might spend some time on traveling and blogging about sheep. Spending time on sheep (other than herding them) is not new: in ancient China (Ming dynasty in the 15th and 16th century) they did more than making porcelain vases or lacquer boxes. They made sheep out of bronze.

An excellent bronze sheep vase from the Ming period for sale on eBay Australia. Auction closes in 2 days.



You might want to bid. ;-)
And if not: at least enjoy the pictures of this great piece of sheep art.
Just click the links below!

Ming Dynasty Bronze Sheep Vase - detail 1
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