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AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BEAKER VASE, GU
17th century
Of slender form, the lower and mid-section cast
with taotie masks on key-fret grounds divided
by notched flanges and bordered by bands of
archaistic dragons, the upper section with four
formal leaf lappets.
30cm (11 3/4in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,000 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十七世紀 銅仿古饕餮紋觚

See a related example, illustrated by D.Failla,
Food for the Ancestors Flowers for the Gods:
Transformations of Archaistic Bronzes in China and
Japan, Genoa, 2017, p.200, no.4.3.

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A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, GUI
Fei yun ge mark, 17th century
Of bombé-form, set on a gently spreading cylindrical
foot with everted rim, the body flanked by two lion-
mask handles, cast three-character seal mark to the
base fei yun ge (pavilion of drifting clouds).
18cm (7 1/8in) wide.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十七世紀 銅獸耳簋式爐
「飛雲閣」篆書款

See a related bronze incense burner with pierced
cover, mid Qing dynasty, illustrated by Li Mijia,
Xuan Copperware in the Collection of the Palace
Museum: Classics of the Forbidden City, Beijing,
2020, no.77. See also another example illustrated
by He Chaoyang, ed., Ming Qing Xuande Lu,
Beijing, 2012, no.80.
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