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FROM THE ESTATE OF SIR PETER MOORES
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL
VESSEL AND COVER, DING
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
the compressed globular body rising from
three cabriole legs issuing from animal-
masks to a tapering rim, set with upright
loop handles, the body decorated with
two registers of interlocking zoomorphic
geometric scrolls, the domed cover cast with
three recumbent buffaloes and centered on a
loose ring handle
(2)
Width 30.4 cm, 12 in.

PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 6th June 1994, lot 76.
£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 78,500-118,000 US$ 10,000-15,000
東周 青銅三犧三足蓋鼎
來源
204 倫敦佳士得1994年6月6日，編號76

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PROPERTY FROM A DANISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THREE SMALL BRONZE MIRRORS
HAN DYNASTY
each of circular form cast with a
hemispherical central knop, the largest and
the smallest cast with a band of stylised
archaistic characters, the third decorated
with a simplified TLV-pattern
(3)
Diameter of the largest 9.2 cm, 3⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Astrid Ibsen-Sørensen (1892-
1987), collected in China before 1936.
In the family by descent.
£ 1,500-2,000
HK$ 14,700-19,600 US$ 1,900-2,500
漢 銅鏡一組三件

來源
Astrid Ibsen-Sørensen （1892-1987年）收藏，
於1936年以前購自中國，此後家族傳承

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