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A BRONZE VASE TWO SMALL BRONZE ‘KUI DRAGON’ VASES
Song/Yuan Dynasty 17th century
The pear-shaped body rising to a waisted neck and a slightly everted Each flattened vase with a pear-shaped body and elongated neck,
rim, all supported on a slightly splayed foot, the neck flanked by a the body cast with a lively kui dragon in flight, the shoulders encircled
pair of square loop handles decorated with a band of bosses, the by a key-fret band and flanked by a pair of mythical beast mask loop
exterior decorated with five registers, the lower register reflected on handles.
the foot, the surface patinated to a rich dark brown colour. The tallest: 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high (2).
19cm (7 1/2in）high
£1,500 - 2,000
£800 - 1,200 HK$15,000 - 19,000
HK$7,800 - 12,000 CNY13,000 - 17,000
CNY6,800 - 10,000
694
692 A LOBED BRONZE VASE
A BRONZE INCENSE HOLDER Ming Dynasty
Yuan Dynasty The slender baluster form vase with ribbed body rising to a petal
With two bulbous reticulated sections, the body and foot with lobed rim, the body cast with a brocade design enclosing wan
everted bands, on a geometric pattern ground. symbols.
16.5cm (6 1/2in) high 17cm (6 5/8in) high
£600 - 800 £800 - 1,200
HK$5,800 - 7,800 HK$7,800 - 12,000
CNY5,100 - 6,800 CNY6,800 - 10,000
To be sold without reserve
For an almost identical vase see D. Failla, Food for the Ancestors,
Flowers for the Gods: Transformations of Archaistic Bronzes in China
and Japan, Genoa, 2008, cat. no. 7.9, p. 135.

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