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A GILT!SPLASHED BRONZE VASE
17TH/18TH CENTURY
the ovoid body rising from a ß at base to a waisted neck and
everted rim, the body ß anked by a pair of taotie mask handles
suspending loose rings, the bronze of a warm dark brown
patina scattered with bright gilt splashes of varying size
14 cm, 5½ in.
EXHIBITED
Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics: Summer
Exhibition, Roger Keverne Ltd, London, 2011, cat. no. 20.
£ 4,000-6,000 US$ 5,700-8,500

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A BRONZE GILT!SPLASHED TRIPOD CENSER
17TH/18TH CENTURY
the compressed globular body raised on three short conical
feet, the slightly everted rim set with two upright loop handles,
the exterior patinated to a warm russet tone accentuated by
gilt splashes, the base cast with a six-character mark reading
xinshang yuancheng zhi zao (made by xinshang yuancheng)
16 cm, 6¼ in.
£ 1,500-2,000 US$ 2,150-2,850

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A BRONZE CENSER
17TH CENTURY
Þ nely cast with a compressed globular body rising from a
short foot to a gently ß ared rim, set with a pair of lion-head
handles, the base with an apocryphal inscription reading
Daming Xuande wunian jiandu gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo
zao (Made for the Board of Works under the Supervision of Wu
Bangzuo in the Fifth Year of Xuande) in a recessed square, the
patina of a warm brown colour
19.5 cm, 7⅝ in.
£ 5,000-7,000 US$ 7,100-9,900

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