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A RARE ZITAN AND GILT- 清乾隆
BRONZE EWER AND COVER 紫檀嵌鎏金銅夔龍紋多穆壺

QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG
PERIOD

of square section, skilfully carved to stand sturdily and rising
to a rim with one lobed side, the exterior divided into three
main registers with two gilt-bronze bands delicately detailed
with floral motifs, each register finely and neatly carved with
dense motifs of kui dragons rendered in archaistic angular
scrollwork, one side set with a gilt-bronze spout, the opposite
with two gilt-bronze floral roundels suspending a loose ring, all
between two further gilt-bronze bands bordering the rim and
base, the cover similarly mounted with a gilt-bronze band and
surmounted with a coral finial
42.7 cm, 16¾ in.
HK$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
US$ 128,000-192,000

166 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比