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A Chinese bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, bian hu, the flattened oval 6
body is raised on a spreading rectangular foot, and the curve of the sides is An attractive Chinese gilt-bronze archaistic vase, gu, 18th century, cast with vertical flanges and
accentuated by shallow, recessed panels that flank the pair of loops applied two horizontal bands, with lacquered gilding, 18.5cm high, 1,292 grams
to the narrow sides, the slightly domed cover has a deep inner rim and a
loop in the centre, mottled pale olive-brown and milky green encrustation, Provenance:
approximately 28.5cm high x 32cm wide, wood stand Private collection formed largely in the 1980’s and 1990’s.

Provenance: 清十八世纪 铜鎏金出戟觚
Private collection and by direct inheritance to the present owner. 拍品来源：英国私人收藏

Bronze wine vessels of this flattened, oval shape, known as bian hu £400-600
(meaning ‘flattened jar’) in Chinese, are found from as early as the Spring
and Autumn period (770 - 476 BC), remaining popular until the Han dynasty
(206 BC - 220 AD). A Warring States period bronze bian hu, unearthed
in 1977 from the tomb of King Cuo of the Zhongshan State, contained an
alcoholic drink, further proving the function of this type of vessel at that 6
time. 7
A large Chinese inlaid bronze vase, hu, 17th or 18th century, the
青铜扁壶 pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and
3 拍品来源：英国私人收藏，现藏家祖母于其母亲处继承 flaring rim, flanked by a pair of archaistic beast handles with notched
flanges, the body and neck cast with taotie bands, separated by a
4 £800-1,200 band of kui dragons, all reserved on a leiwen ground, highlighted
A large Chinese bronze octagonal gu-shaped vase, Ming Dynasty, with gold inlays, 47.5cm high, approximately 10,200 grams
with chilong handles, with old collector’s paper label No. ‘52’ to rim,
approximately 45cm high Provenance:
Formerly in a private French collection
Provenance:
Private collection formed largely in the 1980’s and 1990’s. 17-18世纪 铜错金饕餮纹大瓶
拍品来源：法国私人收藏
明 铜花觚
拍品来源：英国私人收藏 £3,000-4,000

£1,000-1,500

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A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze incense holder,
Ming Dynasty, 17 century, the cylindrical form
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with a tall waisted foot, narrow cylindrical
neck, and galleried rim, cast and chased 7
around the body with auspicious emblems
all in gilt relief over a brown-patinated ring-
punched ground, gilt key-fret bands at the 8
rim and foot, the recessed base with a four- A Chinese bronze rectangular shaped two-handled censer and cover and
character mark in seal script reading Hu openwork stand, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the censer carved with fabulous
Wenming zhi, 10.3cm, 269 grams creatures on a wave ground, beneath a ruyi-head band at the shoulder
between two high-relief mask handles, the underside with a Xuande mark
Provenance: surrounded by two chilong dragons, the openwork cover with dragons and
From a Swedish Collection phoenix birds amongst the clouds beneath the dragon finial, the openwork
stand with flowers, lingzhi and keyfrets above lingzhi feet, 23cm handle to
明17世纪 "胡文明制"款铜鎏金香筒 handle and 31.7cm total height, overall weight 3,987 grams
拍品来源：瑞士私人收藏（克重269g）
清十九世纪 铜镂海水龙纹香薰
£1,000-1,500
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£300-400

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