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A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, JUE
18TH-19TH CENTURY

清十八/十九世紀 灑金銅爵

The body is decorated with a band of taotie masks on a leiwen scroll.
The handle emerges from a dragon head attachment and the pair of posts at
the rim is decorated with a foral fnial. There is an apocryphal Qianlong mark
to the underside.

11¬ in. (29.5 cm.) high

£3,000-5,000 $4,600-7,600
€4,100-6,800

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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE EWER AND COVER
17TH CENTURY

清十七世紀 局部鎏金銅開光花鳥紋蓋壺

The lobed body is fnely decorated with gilt cartouches of prunus, peonies and
butterfies, the s-shaped spout and curved handle are modelled as gnarled
branches, the domed cover and handle surmounted with further blossoming
branches.

7º in. (18.4 cm.) high

£5,000-7,000 $7,600-11,000
€6,800-9,500

An almost identical ewer and cover was sold at Christie’s London, South
Kensington, 11 November 2011, lot 1024.

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