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A SMALL SILVER-INLAID IRON WATER DROPPER AND SPOON A BRONZE ‘ZODIAC’ WATERDROPPER,
18th/19th century Cast Xuande six-character mark, Qing Dynasty
Of lobed flower-form raised on four ruyi feet, inlaid with Buddhist Of circular form, cast to the surface with radiating panels of animals
emblems on a wan-diaper ground the sides with a key-fret design. of the zodiac encircling key fret panels and calligraphy to the centre.
7.5cm (3in) diam. 7.6cm (3in) diam.
£500 - 600 £600 - 800
HK$5,000 - 6,000 HK$6,000 - 8,000
CNY4,400 - 5,300 CNY5,300 - 7,000
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A COPPERED BRONZE MINIATURE ‘LOTUS’ VASE A CALLIGRAPHIC COPPER ALLOY SQUARE BOX AND COVER
17th century 19th century
Relief decorated with four lotus blooms issuing from leafy stems, the Of rectangular form, incised to the exterior with the ‘LantingjiXu’
neck with a further register of scrolling foliage, below a silver inlaid (Preface of the Orchid Pavilion) 蘭亭集序, a famous work of
key-fret band. 11.5cm (4.1/2in) high. calligraphy and widely accepted by Wang Xizhi 王羲之.
7.5cm (3in) long.
£800 - 1,000
HK$8,000 - 10,000 £600 - 800
CNY7,000 - 8,800 HK$6,000 - 8,000
CNY5,300 - 7,000

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