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AN ARCHAISTIC GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD ᪺ڊՌˡ☹ 㛶㕺㘍㮝
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QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
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The tri-lobed body is raised on three slender legs, each lobe cast
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with a taotie mask incorporating elongated eyes and pronounced
horns cast in relief, below a band of stylised dragons on a leiwen
ground, with a pair of posts rising from the everted rim.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high.
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000
EXHIBITED
Michael Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D. 1100-1900,
London, April 1989, no. 66
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