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A FIRE-GILT BRONZE ‘DRAGON’ BELT old wear and traces of use, the locking
BUCKLE, QING DYNASTY mechanism coming in full working order
Massive bronze with original gilding, Provenance: Austrian private collection,
neatly incised detail work, cast in high assembled in Asia in and before the 1930s
relief, good patina
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China, 18 - 19 century Literature comparison: FINE CHINESE
WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS.
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Cast in three curving parts which, joined Bonham’s, San Francisco, June 23 , 2015,
together, form a single panel with one lot 7112. (for a similar belt buckle)
facing four-clawed dragon and two pearls,
accompanied by two smaller, coiled 㶭ẋ戭挷慹Ⱦ漵䲳ȿⷞ㈋
dragons, one on each side, and each with ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱ἧ䓐䕽嶉⍲䢐㎵炻ⷞ㈋⎗ẍ⬴
his own pearl, each section with a minute ℐ㬋ⷠἧ䓐
pearl border, the plate on the reverse cast ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ⇵⛐Ṇ
with four hooks. 㳚岤⼿
Shape: Curved three-circle-shape Estimate EUR 300,-
Dimensions: 7 cm (length) Starting price EUR 150,-

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A FIRE GILT ‘RAM’ WATER DROPPER, YONGZHENG MARK
Bronze, chiseled and fire gilt
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China, 18 – 19 century, neatly incised four-character Yongzheng mark on the bottom and possibly of the period (1723 – 1735)
This well-cast fire gilt bronze water dropper depicts a reclining ram grasping a small bowl in its mouth. There we also find the
integrated spout and at the back is the circular aperture to the hollow body. The animal is seated on the ground with all four
legs tucked under its body, the horns are curved, and the head is slightly bent backwards. Masterfully incised details at the mane
or the flame-like elements at the joints.

This solid bronze waterdropper is highly reminiscent of Ming Dynasty pieces, yet we find the neatly incised 4-character mark of
the Yongzheng period at the underside. The Yongzheng Emperor was a great connoisseur of antiquities and had a discerning
aesthetic sense for the arts. He had a strong interest in archaic bronzes and besides the monochrome porcelain wares, made in
imitation of antique vessels, several miniature works of art, cast in bronze, have also been recorded.
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A RETICULATED BRONZE ‘DRAGON’ extensive old wear and traces of use A SIGNED BRONZE lips. Inside the bronze is an Shape: Figural shape
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BELT BUCKLE, QING DYNASTY, 18 Provenance: Austrian private collection, SCULPTURE OF incised signature or mark Dimensions: 10 cm (length at handles), 7 cm (height)
CENTURY assembled in Asia in and before the GUANYIN, LATE QING reading ‘Jian Qing’. Condition: Good condition with abrasions to gilding and few small nicks
Bronze with original gilding, neatly incised 1930s, old collector number inscribed to DYNASTY Provenance: European private collection

detail work, cast in high relief, good back Bronze Shape: Figural shape Literature comparison: For Yongzheng period miniature bronze objects see Sotheby’s, ASIAN ART, 16 DECEMBER 2010,
patina China, late Qing Dynasty Dimensions: 28,5 cm PARIS, lot 70 (for a miniature vase) and Bonham’s, FINE ASIAN WORKS OF ART, 13 Dez 2010, SAN FRANCISCO, lot 5146 (for a
China, 18 century Literature comparison: THE COLLECTION or early Republic period (height) miniature censer).
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OF ALBERTO GIUGANINO (1887-1979), Condition: Shows fine
Formed from two rounded pieces cast Chinese Art, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, This decorative bronze patina, right hand missing For a Ming Dynasty water dropper of a beast with a bowl in its mouth see Sotheby’s, FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF
in openwork with sinuous four-clawed December 3 , 2015, lot 290. (for a related sculpture depicts the Provenance: Austrian ART, 18 MARCH 2014 - 19 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK, lot 253.
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dragons framed by stylized clouds and buckle) Mother Goddess Guanyin private collection
waves, the frontside hook in the shape of as a young woman. She 㶭ẋ晵㬋㫦戭挷慹再伲㯜㺜
a Chilong head, possibly pointing to an ⋩ℓᶾ䲨Ⱦ漵䲳ȿ戭ⷞ㈋ has her neatly incised hair 㘂㶭奨枛戭⁷ ⑩䚠列⤥炻堐朊㚱㒎 ␴∫䕽
㫸㳚䥩Ṣ㓞啷
imperial commission, the reverse cast with ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱ἧ䓐䕽嶉⍲䢐㎵ artfully done up in a knot ⊭㻧列⤥炻⎛ㇳ仢⣙
two raised hooks on each section. ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷, ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ⇵⛐Ṇ㳚 and wears a necklace. ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
岤⼿炻側朊⎗夳啷⭞㓞啷䶐嘇ˤ Guanyin is shown with Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Shape: Bulbous oval shape of each section a third eye, elongated Estimate EUR 200,- Starting price EUR 500,-
Dimensions: 13,5 cm (length) Estimate EUR 300,- earlobes and a gentle Starting price EUR 100,-
Condition: Very good condition with Starting price EUR 150,- smile playing around her

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