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A BRONZE ‘BUDDHIST LION’ TRIPOD
INCENSE BURNER
Xuande four-character mark, 17th/18th
century
The bombé-form body cast with pairs of
Buddhist lions frolicking with brocade balls,
raised on three pointed feet, the everted
mouth rim with loop handles and bamboo
decoration, the interior cast with a twelve
character seal script passage.
14cm (5 1/2in) wide

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY17,000 - 26,000 HK$20,000 - 29,000

574
A BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
Xuande six-character mark, 19th century
The globular body raised on three slightly
flared legs, with apocryphal reign mark cast
on the side of the vessel below the inverted
mouth rim, the base with a Buddhist monk
motif.
14.5cm (5 3/4in) wide

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000

575
A PATINATED BRONZE INCENSE
BURNER
Yutang Qingwan four-character mark, Qing
Dynasty
The bombé-form body with raised ribs,
flanked with mythical beast form loop handles,
all covered in a dark black patination.
20cm (7 7/8in)

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot ASIAN ART - DAY 2 | 213
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.