Page 14 - Dreweatts May 19, 2015 Chinese and Asian Works of Art, Good section on late Chinese Bronzes

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A bronze archaic style two-
handled censer, Gui, the upper
band with long-tailed birds
reserved on a leiwen ground,
interrupted by two animal masks
which surmount the handles cast
in with masks on the sides with
scrolls and terminating below,
20cm diam, five footed wood
stand
Provenance: From the private
collection of John Francis Mallett of
Longwood, Claverton Down, Bath,
Somerset and by family descent

青铜簋
17 £600-800

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A bronze tripod censer, 18th/19th
century, of compressed form with
outswept pierced handles, Xuande
six-character mark to the base,
9½in. (24.3cm) wide, wood stand
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Provenance: From the private
collection of John Francis Mallett of
Longwood, Claverton Down, Bath,
Somerset and by family descent

青铜炉

£500-700

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