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PROPERTY FROM A VIRGINIA PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BRONZE QUADRANGULAR HU-FORM VASE
YUAN DYNASTY
of rectangular section, each side similarly decorated, the
rounded central section crisply cast with a large panel
enclosing stylized roiling waves, surmounted by narrow
panels of lozenge, stippled and sti# -leaf bands, the waisted
neck ß anked by a pair of lug handles with leiwen, all above a
panel of Þ ne scrollwork on the splayed foot
Height 7⅜ in., 18.7 cm
$ 6,000-8,000
⃫ġġġ戭㴟㯜䲳屓俛㕡⢢

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AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE JUE
QING DYNASTY, DATED QIANLONG THIRD
YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1738

the U-shaped body supported on three curved blade feet
and broadening to a long, cupped mouth, cast with a triple
band of leiwen around the exterior and set with a beast-mask
handle to one side and two posts at the rim, a ten-character
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dated inscription cast in relief under the mouth
Length 6½ in., 16.5 cm
$ 4,000-6,000
㶭Ḧ昮ᶱ⸜ġĩ1738⸜Īġġġ戭ầ⎌暟䲳䇝
所㔯烉
Ḧ昮ᶱ⸜ẚ⅔⎱㖎墥

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