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A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
of square section raised on a tall foot and rising to a flared the globular body supported on three tubular legs issuing
rim, the shoulders flanked by animal-mask handles, the from mythical animal masks, rising to an everted rim set
bronze of a dark brown patina scattered with bright gilt with two upright loop handles, the exterior decorated with
splashes of varying size, the base with a two-character stylised taotie masks divided by two raised vertical flanges,
apocryphal Xuande mark below a band of archaistic bird motifs, all reserved on a
16.5 cm, 6½ in. leiwen ground, wood cover and stand
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£ 6,000-8,000 46.9 cm, 18½ in.
HK$ 62,500-83,500 US$ 8,000-10,700
† £ 3,000-5,000
清十九世紀 銅灑金獸耳方壺 HK$ 31,300-52,500 US$ 4,000-6,700
《宣德》仿款 清十八世紀 銅饕餮紋三足鬲式爐

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