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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
911
THREE MINIATURE BRONZE VESSELS
LATE MING-QING DYNASTY, 17TH-19TH
CENTURY
The group comprises a vase with handles surmounted
by animal heads; a parcel-gilt tripod ding with an
apocryphal Zhi Zheng (1341-1370) mark on the base;
and a cylindrical vase with loop handles.
The largest, 3¬ in. (9.2 cm.) high (3)

$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE:
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa
1967-68.
EXHIBITED:
The two vases: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures:
Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private
American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.

晚明/清十九世紀 袖珍銅器三件
來源:
山中商會, 大阪, 1945年。
Lionel Rosenberg, 好望角, 南非, 入藏於1967-68年前

~912
EXHIBITED:
TWO MINIATURE BRONZE VESSELS Second and third: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese
SONG-QING DYNASTY (AD 960-1911)
Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20
The group comprises a compressed bronze tripod ding and an archaistic March 2013.
bronze jue. Together with a Japanese gilt-bronze archaistic tripod ding
decorated on the body with a zoomorphic band and inscribed on the base 宋/清 袖珍銅器兩件
with the two-character mark of Hata Zoroku (Edo period, 19th century).
The largest, 1æ in. (4.4 cm.) high, three hongmu stands 來源:
and fitted cloth boxes (3) 山中商會, 大阪, 1945年。
Lionel Rosenberg, 好望角, 南非, 入藏於1967-68年前後.
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.