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TWO SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 㖶㛓ġġġ戭拗戨丷㝅咖䲳⮷䒞ℑẞ
BOTTLE VASES
℞ᶨ烉˪傉㔯㖶ἄ˫㫦
LATE MING DYNASTY
each of pear-shaped form set on a low foot
and rising to cylindrical neck and lipped rim,
the body with a chocolate-brown patina and
inlaid with silver wire in a scrolling lotus design
around the body and an interlocking dragon
motif beneath a keyfret band around the neck,
gilt bands at the foot, shoulder, and mouth, one
inscribed at the base with Hu Wenming zuo (2)
Height of taller 4½ in., 11.4 cm
$ 6,000-8,000
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