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A bronze ‘finger citron’ vessel
240 17th century
256 | Bonhams The unusual vessel richly patinated and heavily cast as a hollowed
finger citron fruit with eight tapering ‘fingers’ issuing from a leafy
branch standing on four slender feet, wood stand.
26.5cm (10 3/8in) long (2).
£6,000 - 8,000
HK$75,000 - 100,000 CNY59,000 - 79,000
十七世紀 銅佛手
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A bronze incense burner and cover, fang ding
16th/early 17th century
The heavily-cast archaistic rectangular vessel surmounted by a pair
of upright loop handles, standing on four curving legs, each side
cast with a pair of confronted stylised dragons divided by vertical
notched flanges, the cover pierced with trigrams on the sides, with a
crouching Buddhist lion gripping a brocade ball as the finial.
45.4cm (18in) high (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$37,000 - 62,000 CNY29,000 - 49,000
十六/十七世紀早期 銅仿古紋方鼎式蓋爐