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A RARE BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU
Xuande six-character mark, Ming Dynasty
Flanked by a pair of elephant-head handles, the
body cast with archaistic designs of taotie masks,
dragons, foliate motifs and flaming pearls, on key-
fret and wave pattern grounds, the mid-section with
a Xuande six-character mark. 17.5cm (6 7/8in) high.

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

明 銅仿古紋象耳壺
「大明宣德年製」橫款

Note the similar elephant handles on a related
vase, dated as Yuan dynasty, which was sold at
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from
the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014,
lot 3329.
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AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE
VESSEL, ZHI
Ming Dynasty
Of slender pear-shaped form with broad flaring
neck, cast with a slender band of archaistic mythical
beasts on a geometric pattern ground, incised
(mark, zhi) archaistic inscription to the interior, 19.3cm (7 5/8in)
high; together with an archaistic bronze wine vessel,
jue, set on three faceted flaring legs, with beast-
mask ring handle and upright posts at the lip, the
body with twin flanges on a broad band of relief-
cast taotie masks on a key-fret ground, 17th/18th
century, 19cm (7 1/2in) high. (2).
£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

明 銅蠶紋觶 及十七/十八世紀 銅饕餮紋爵 一組兩件

Provenance: (the zhi): The Curios Furniture &
118 Miscellaneous Utensils & Hardware Merchants &
Employees Association, Hong Kong & Kowloon,
21st September 1965 (receipt).

來源（銅蠶紋觶）：1965年9月21日購自港九古玩
傢俬雜架工商總會有限公司（發票）

The zhi has the inscription reading: ‘X(family sign,
no pronunciation) fuyi父乙 (father of Yi)’.

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THREE BRONZE VESSELS
Comprising an archaistic bronze vase, Ming dynasty,
of baluster shape and square section, cast with
archaistic patterns around the exterior, set with a
pair of taotie handles on the sides suspending loose
rings. 22cm (8 2/3in) high; together with a smaller
bronze vase, Song/Ming dynasty, with ribs around
the exterior, 14cm (5 1/2in) high; and a bronze
tripod incense burner and cover with Buddhist lion
finial, 17th/18th century, 21.5cm (8 1/2in) high.
(4).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
119 本拍品不設底價