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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
619
A SMALL BRONZE SPILL VASE
18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 銅仙鶴靈芝紋花插
The vase is modelled as a tree trunk covered with pine and prunus and fanked
by a crane and lingzhi fungus.
4¡ in. (11 cm.) high
£6,000-8,000 $9,100-12,000
€8,200-11,000
PROVENANCE:
A distinguished private European collection, acquired between 1956-1959.
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620
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE, HU
17TH CENTURY
明末清初 十七世紀 銅仿古雙瑞獸活環耳壺
The vase is of rectangular section and has plain sides. It is applied with two
mask and loose ring handles.
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high
£1,000-1,500 $1,600-2,300
€1,400-2,000
PROVENANCE:
A distinguished private European collection, acquired between 1956-1959.
621
A PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL ‘DRAGON’ BOWLS
19TH CENTURY
清十九世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯黃地纏枝花果紋碗一對
Each bowl is decorated with a dense pattern of scattered fowers comprising
peony and pomegranate, the interior with a riverscape roundel surrounded by
three ‘dragon’ cartouches.
6æ in. (17.3 cm.) diam. (2)
£600-800 $910-1,200
€820-1,100
PROVENANCE: 620
A distinguished private European collection, acquired between 1956-1959.
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