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           A BRONZE TEMPLE BELL
           MING DYNASTY, CHENGHUA
           PERIOD, DATED TO 1478

           heavily cast with slightly spreading sides flaring towards the
           base and surmounted by a pair of addorsed dragons, modelled
           with powerful extended front claws and open mouths revealing
           pointed fangs, the body cast in relief with two horizontal
           bands enclosing rectangular panels divided by vertical flanges,
           inscribed to the lower band with the nine-character inscription
           Chenghua shisi nian wuyue jiri (The auspicious day during the
           fourteenth year and fifth month of Chenghua), the opposite
           side inscribed with Shen Zhangzhi zhi feng (installed and
           dedicated by Zhangzhi), the metal patinated to a dark grey
           32 cm, 12½ in.
           £ 6,000-8,000
           HK$ 61,000-81,500   US$ 7,800-10,400

           鑄銅弦紋鐘
           《成化十四年五月吉日 》鑄款







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                                                                      A BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE
                                                                      BURNER AND COVER
                                                                      QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

                                                                      the compressed globular body supported on three conical
                                                                      ruyi feet and rising to a short everted rim, finely cast in
                                                                      low-relief around the exterior with a pair of shou characters
                                                                      flanked by dragons and divided at the shoulder by a pair of
                                                                      chilong handles, the base cast with an apocryphal Xuande six-
                                                                      character mark, the domed cover pierced with taotie masks
                                                                      and lotus lappet bands and surmounted by a coiled dragon
                                                                      finial
                                                                      (2)
                                                                      20.5 cm, 8⅛ in.
                                                                      ‡ £ 20,000-30,000
                                                                      HK$ 203,000-304,000   US$ 25,900-38,800

                                                                      清康熙   團壽紋雙龍耳三足銅蓋爐


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