Page 74 - Dreweatts May 19, 2015 Chinese and Asian Works of Art, Good section on late Chinese Bronzes

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151
A Copper Soten School Tsuba
of oval form pierced and carved
in hikone-bori with sagacious
figures amid pines and rocks at
leisurely pursuits, details in gilding
and inlaid in silver, one hitsu-ana
plugged in shakudo, unsigned,
7.5cms,18th Century: And A Small
151
Mino-Goto School Shakudo
Tsuba of mokko form decorated
on the nanako ground in relief and
gilding with a Ho-o bird in flight
above kiri, 6cms, unsigned, 17th-
18th Century (2)

£200-250

152
A Japanese Bronze Vase of
panelled bulbous form decorated
with archaistic motifs on a key-fret
diaper ground, the sides mounted
with dragon handles, the base
with a spurious six character seal
of Xuande, height 26cms, 19th
Century; with wood stand

Provenance: From the private
collection of John Francis Mallett of 152
Longwood, Claverton Down, Bath,
Somerset and by family descent

£300-500

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