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                                                                           A BRONZE HAND WARMER AND COVER,                               A SMALL PARCEL-GILT BRONZE INCENSE
                                                                           SIGNED ZHANG MINGQI                                           HOLDER
                                                                           17TH CENTURY                                                  17TH CENTURY
                                                                           of squarish cushion form, set with a conforming swing         of narrow cylindrical form resting on three ruyi-shaped feet,
                                                                           handle and surmounted by a cover pierced with a floret-       set with a pair of beast-masks issuing loop handles, the body
                                                                           and-cloud diaper, the flat base incised with a four-character   cast with a register enclosing assorted scholarly objects
                                                                           mark reading Zhang Mingqi zhi within a square, the bronze     including books, scrolls, dominoes, and chess pieces above a
                                                                           patinated to a warm honey-brown tone (2)                      band of pendent leaves, all between bands of keyfret
                                                                           Width 4¼ in., 10.8 cm                                         Height 4 in., 10.2 cm

                                                                           PROVENANCE                                                    PROVENANCE
                                                                           Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London.                                  Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 6th November 1996.
                                                                           $ 5,000-7,000                                                 $ 3,000-5,000

                                                                           十七世紀   銅透空錦紋蓋手爐                                               十七世紀   銅局部鎏金雜寶紋獸耳香插
                                                                           《張鳴岐製》款
                                                                                                                                         來源:
                                                                           來源:                                                           Sydney L. Moss Ltd.,倫敦,1996年11月6日
                                                                           Sydney L. Moss Ltd.,倫敦




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                                                                           A BRONZE HAND WARMER AND COVER,                               129
                                                                           SIGNED PAN JUNQIU                                             A SMALL PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘THREE
                                                                           17TH CENTURY                                                  FRIENDS OF WINTER’ BOTTLE VASE
                                                                           of compressed oblong form, the domed cover pierced with       17TH CENTURY
                                                                           a reticulated trefoil diaper ground, the flat base with a four-
                                                                           character mark reading Pan Junqiu zhi in seal script, the     the compressed globular body supported on a slightly
                                                                                                                                         splayed foot and rising to a tall waisted flaring neck, cast
                                                                           surface patinated to a warm honey-brown tone (2)
                                                                           Width 3½ in., 8.9 cm                                          in relief with flowering prunus, pine branches, and bamboo
                                                                                                                                         sprigs, a row of ruyi heads encircling the base of the neck
                                                                                                                                         and a row of raised bosses below the mouth
                                                                           $ 2,000-3,000
                                                                                                                                         Height 4 in., 10.2 cm
                                                                           十七世紀   銅透空雲紋蓋手爐                                               PROVENANCE
                                                                           《潘君求製》款                                                       Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 8th May 1997.
                                                                                                                                         $ 2,000-3,000

                                                                                                                                         十七世紀   銅局部鎏金歲寒三友圖小長頸瓶
                                                                                                                                         來源:
                                                                                                                                         Sydney L. Moss Ltd.,倫敦,1997年5月8日




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