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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

 11  £4,000-6,000  £4,000-6,000

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