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A PAIR OF SILVER-INLAID AND PARCEL-GILT 明末 / 清初 嵌銀絲局部鎏金蹲螭銅鎮尺一對

BRONZE ‘CHILONG ’ PAPER WEIGHT 款識：丙辰年製

LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 比較北京故宮博物院藏一件造型相仿的掐絲珐瑯鎮尺，見於《故宮博物
院藏文物珍品大系：文玩》，深圳，2009年，頁165，圖版150。
Each rectangular bronze paper weight is inlaid in silver with a

ruyi-cloud pattern on the upper surface, and surmounted by a gilt

handle in the form of a slender double-horned dragon standing

foursquare with an arched back and curly tail. The sides are inlaid

with a keyfret band, and the reverse inlaid with a four-character

mark, bingchen nian zhi, ‘made in the cyclical bingchen year’.

9 ¬ in. (24.5 cm.) long, box (2)

HK$600,000-1,000,000 US$78,000-130,000

Compare to a paperweight of similar design but rendered in cloisonné
in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Small Refined Articles
of the Study, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Shenzhen, 2009, p. 165, no. 150.

marks
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