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                                                                          A rare Chinese bronze two-handled tripod                 A Chinese copper hand warmer, Qing Dynasty, of rectangular cushion form,
                                                                          censer, 17th/18th century, the compressed globular       set with a conforming double swing handle and surmounted by a pierced cover,
                                                                          body raised on three short conical feet, the             the sides engraved with seated figures and flowers, 18cm long x 15.5cm deep and
                                                                          slightly everted rim set with two upright loop           height to top of handle when upright from the base approximately 16cm, 1,111
                                                                          handles, the underside cast with ‘song yue lv’ seal      grams
                                                                          mark (‘Companion of Pine and Moon’), 13.5cm,
                                                                          weight 1,158 grams                                       Provenance:
                                                                                                                                   Private collection formed largely in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
                                                                          Provenance:
                                                                          Purchased by the late J.B. da Silva (1918-2003) at       清 铜高士图手炉
                                                                          Christies South Kensington on 10th September,            拍品来源:英国私人收藏
                                                                          1982 (lot number not recorded) for £84.00 and
                                                                          by family descent. No receipt but itemised in            £200-300
                                                                          collection notes.
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                                                                          17/18世纪 “松月侣”款桥耳炉(克重1170.4g)                             A Chinese gilt-bronze brush rest, Qing Dynasty, cast in the form of a craggy
                                                                          拍品来源:前英国外务部官员J.B. da Silva                               mountain top with four peaks enclosing a central peak, all above a turbulent sea
                                      9                                   (1918-2003) 私人收藏,其于1984年9月10日以                           with two birds on each side, traces of gilding, 14cm long on fitted wood stand
                                                                          84镑购自伦敦佳士得南肯辛顿                                                                                                                            12
                                                                                                                                   Provenance:
                                                                          £800-1,200                                               Property from a private collection, Cornwall.

                                                                                                                                   清 铜鎏金笔山
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       A small bronze rectangular censer, 18th century, of
       rectangular form with four legs and flattened ring                                                                          £400-600
       handles, with six character Xuande seal mark, 10cm wide
       x 5.5cm high x 5cm deep, 334 grams

       Provenance:
       From a Swedish Collection

       清18世纪 "大明宣德年制"款小双耳炉(克重334g)
       拍品来源:瑞典私人收藏
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       £1,000-1,500


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                                                                             A Chinese heavily cast bronze incense
                                                                             burner, Qing Dynasty, 17th or 18th century,                                       13
                                                                             modelled after the archaic bronze vessel,
                                                                             liding, the bombé body rising from three short        14
                                                                             tapering legs to a wide mouth flanked by a            A Chinese gilt bronze Buddha, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong, the deity seated in
                                                                             pair of loop handles each set with a small tab,       dhyanasana on a double lotus base, his loose robes falling from the left shoulder
                                                                             a four character Xuande seal to the underside         leaving the chest bare, both hands raised in dharmachakra mudra (teaching
                                                                             in a recessed cartouche, 4378 grams                   gesture), the face with gentle smile and framed by long pendulous ears and hair
                                                                                                                                   curled into tight ‘knots’ surmounted by an ushnisha below a gilt cintamani pearl,
                                                                             Provenance:                                           22.5cm high, 1,770 grams
                                                                             By repute in the same family since the 1930’s.
                                                                                                                                   Provenance:
                                                                             清17-18世纪 "宣德年制"款铜压经炉(克重                               From a European collection
                                                                             4378g)
                                                                             拍品来源:北欧私人收藏,购自上世纪                                     清乾隆 铜鎏金座佛
                                                                             三十年代                                                  拍品来源:欧洲私人收藏                                                                        14

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