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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE VASE, GU
18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 局部鎏金銅饕餮紋觚
The spreading foot and mid-section are cast with side fanges and
panels of taotie masks on scroll grounds and the trumpet neck with
leaf-shaped panels enclosing taotie motifs.
6√ in. (17.4 cm.) high
£2,000-3,000 $3,100-4,500
€2,800-4,100
PROVENANCE:
A distinguished private European collection, acquired between
1956-1959.
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A PARCEL GILT BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND
COVER
JAPAN, 17TH CENTURY
日本 十七世紀 局部鎏金銅花鳥圖三足香
爐
The compressed-form censer is decorated with shaped
panels enclosing fowers and birds. The shoulders are
afixed with gilt loose-ring monster-head handles, the
feet are similarly decorated. The pierced fattened cover is
surmounted by a karashishi fnial.
4¡ in. (11 cm.) wide, across the handles
£1,500-2,000 $2,300-3,000
€2,100-2,700
PROVENANCE:
A distinguished private European collection, acquired
between 1956-1959.
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